At Green Gas we help our partners maximise their green credentials and financial returns by enabling them to cut their greenhouse gas emissions from coal mines and landfills. We create value for our partners through qualifying these projects for carbon credits.

Climate change naturally occurs. However, since the industrial revolution a significant contributor to global warming has been human activity. In the twentieth century, the average surface temperature of our planet increased by about 0.60C. By contrast, the average global surface temperature is projected to increase by between 1.4 and 5.8°C from 1990 to 2100 (Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Fossil fuel consumption, waste in landfills and coal production, to name a few examples, all add to greenhouse gas emissions. Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other greenhouse gases trap more infrared radiation, leading to global warming.

Scientists have been estimating, with growing certainty, the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change. Their findings show that without actions to sharply reduce these emissions the risk of escalating future global warming is significant.

Nations around the world have reacted by agreeing to limit greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol (www.unfccc.int) is an international treaty that mandates signatory nations to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and four other greenhouse gases. Signatory nations need to take actions in their own country to reduce emissions but they may also engage in emission trading to help meet their targets.

The Kyoto Protocol went into force in February 2005 and now covers more than 160 signatory nations. While some major nations have not joined Kyoto, they all now recognise the importance of taking action to reduce emissions and are working together to consider future international approaches.