The voluntary carbon market is growing at an unprecedented rate, but, if you wish to participate, make sure you seek out the professionals or you might end up in the Wild West, in the hands of "carbon cowboys"...

Did you know that only 1% of all the registered and in-pipeline CDM projects will generate 19% of the Certified Emission Reductions to be issued through 2012, or that a mere four countries were responsible for generating 90% of the CERs issued to date? In this section, find out more about the surprising relations that exist among Kyoto emission reductions, project types and countries.