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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.
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...
Why not a service franchise?
Whenever we hear the word franchise, we tend to think of the McDonald’s and KFC’s of the world but in true fact, there are many other businesses that are operating under a franchise model. You can buy in to a service franchise from a reasonable $15-$25,000 range up to...
Overview of Franchising and pros and cons
Contrary to what is generally accepted, franchising is not a modern concept from the 20th century. Depending on interpretation, franchising goes as far back as the 19th century when German brewers would allow pubs to sell their product which was considered by many as...
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...