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Welcome to the Will Solutions blog, where we explore carbon market trends, emissions reduction strategies and regulatory developments. Whether you’re a company, organization or change agent, our analysis will help you better understand and act for a low-carbon future.
Sustainable mobility and climate change in Quebec
Since 1990, the total fleet: of cars, light, medium and heavy trucks, increased significantly. By observing the trend from 2007 to 2012, we can observe that absolute GHG emissions from the transport sector have diminished with the exception of 2011. Since 1990, the...
The Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement adopted unanimously by the 195 countries members of the United Nations (UN) on December 12th, 2015 following the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC) constitutes a first signal...
Voluntary initiative from the Chief Editor of The Guardian
In early 2015, The Guardian’s chief editor Alan Rusbridger took a clear position on the importance to act on climate changes, giving full sense and value to voluntary initiatives. In early 2015, The Guardian’s chief editor Alan Rusbridger took a clear position on the...
2015-2020 – Waiting for the application of K2
Following a final compromise, at the COP 20 in Lima (Peru) last December, held under the aegis of the United Nations, allows us to expect that the table has been set for Paris in December 2015 for the finalisation of a new protocol Kyoto II (K2) on climate change. K2...
To put a price on carbon emissions (GHG)
In a recent report published in May 2014 by the World Bank Group on Climate Change, titled «State and Trends of Carbon Pricing», surprising and disparate prices per ton of GHG emissions used and applied in accordance with different mechanisms and in different...
The Danger of Crossing “Ecological Planetary Boundaries”
The Holocene is the geological era that started 12 000 years ago. This is an exceptional period for human prosperity. It is in this environment that agriculture and complex societies developed themselves. The Holocene is the geological era that started 12 000 years...
When can we expect GHG emission reductions? An essential contribution to the voluntary market
The voluntary carbon market, under development since 2012, remains above politic turmoil observed on the local, regional and continental offset carbon market. The voluntary carbon market, under development since 2012, remains above politic turmoil observed on the...
The Voluntary Market
The voluntary market is the counterpart of the regulated one. It covers all installations, buildings or properties that are not subjected to a regulated carbon market. The voluntary market is the counterpart of the regulated one. It covers all installations, buildings...
What determines the price of carbon credits?
Like any other goods or services, prices of carbon credits are established by the junction of supply and demand. Contrary to the regulated market where the supply and demand of carbon credit are regulated through complex regulations, the supply and demand of voluntary...