Yet the project’s wider aim is to develop a new method for encouraging greener behaviour, using a “personal carbon trading” system that other cities can copy. The concept is modelled on the EU’s carbon trading scheme, under which companies and governments are allocated carbon credits, and must pay to pollute more than this amount, or can sell off any surplus if they emit less. But they will continue to collect data next year, when Lahti will also be crowned the “European Green Capital”. The scheme’s creators hope it can in future help people manage their emissions related to food and other consumption too. “There are many options for how you can put personal carbon trading into action.”Read NextEDITORS' PICKMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 27, 2020 12:56 UTC