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carbon trading  

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  • Carbon trading is the exchange of property rights and financial instruments based on greenhouse gas emissions. Larry Lohmann has framed the problem of climate change as one of an overflowing pollution dump caused by economic growth and material consumption unrestrained by social norms or formal regulation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Carbon Trading]

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