Documentary Description
Is it possible, considering the many obstacles, to stop global
warming, or at least reduce its harm? Anticipating the important United
Nations Climate Change Conference starting December 7 in Copenhagen, Doc
Zone presents the World Premiere of a timely and intriguing new
documentary by Vancouver filmmaker/journalist Miro Cernetig, Carbon
Hunters.
Carbon Hunters delves into the controversial, little-understood, yet
booming industry of carbon credit trading as a potentially workable
mechanism towards solving what most people now acknowledge as the
greatest crisis facing the planet: global warming.
This is a crisis with no easy solutions. Voters so far seem reluctant
to accept carbon taxes so, while we wait for industry and governments
to sign on to binding international agreements that will fix limits on
air pollution, one possible solution is good to go right now: carbon
trading.
Sometimes called emissions trading, carbon offset, or cap-and-trade,
carbon trading is attractive to many because it is a market-driven
solution that puts a fixed price on pollution, allowing those who
pollute to pay and those do not pollute to profit from their position.
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