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Corruption of Bribery

Chapter 6 : Corruption in the “Carbon World”

12.2.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................... 66
12.2.2 PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENTS AND APPROVED METHODOLOGIES ...................... 67
12.2.3 VALIDATION AND DESIGNATED OPERATIONAL ENTITIES ........................................ 68
12.2.4 HOST COUNTRY APPROVAL ........................................................................................ 70
12.2.5 DOWNSTREAM PROCESSES ........................................................................................ 70
12.2.6 PRICING OF CREDITS ................................................................................................... 70
12.2.7 ACCOUNTING FOR CREDITS ......................................................................................... 71
13 TRADING AND INVESTMENT ....................................................................................................... 72
13.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................ 72
13.2 TRADING IN CARBON CREDITS ........................................................................................... 73
13.3 TRADING PLATFORMS ......................................................................................................... 74
14 GREEN INVESTMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ....................................................... 75
15 GREEN BANKING .......................................................................................................................... 76
16 INVESTMENT SCAMS ................................................................................................................... 76
17 LAND USE, LAND USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY ....................................................................... 78
18 GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCIAL ESPIONAGE ............................................................ 78
19 THE CSR AND CARBON WORLD .................................................................................................. 79
20 CREATION OF A NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM ............................................................................. 80
21 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................. 81

Figure 6. 1: Players in the Carbon World ............................................................................................... 5
Figure 6. 2: The Unstable Foudations of the “Carbon World” .......................................................... 10
Figure 6. 3: The Earth’s Energy Balance ............................................................................................... 11
Figure 6. 4: The MBH “Hockey Stick” .................................................................................................. 13
Figure 6. 5: The Albert Arnold Gore, Jr Version of the “Hockey Stick” ............................................. 14
Figure 6. 6: Examples of the Relationship Between Fraud and Corruption ..................................... 27
Figure 6. 7: Evaluation of Controls in the Carbon World ................................................................... 34
Figure 6. 8: Temperature Changes Over Time (John Daly) ................................................................ 44
Figure 6. 9: The Medieval Warm Period in the 1990 IPCC SAR .......................................................... 44
Figure 6. 10: The MBH “Hockey Stick” in IPCC’S SAR 4...................................................................... 45
Figure 6. 11 Wikipedia: The Carbon Cycle ............................................................................................ 48
Figure 6. 12: Mauna Loa Carbon Concentrations ................................................................................ 49
Figure 6. 13: Professor Salby’s Analysis ............................................................................................... 50
Figure 6. 14: Infrared Emissions from the Sun and Earth ................................................................... 52
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Figure 6. 15: Infrared Frequencies and CO Effects ............................................................................ 52
Figure 6. 16: Temperature Changes Since 2002 and Carbon Dioxide Concentrations ..................... 53
Figure 6. 17: Relationship of Reported Temperature Rises and Closed Down Weather Stations ... 54
Figure 6. 18: Project Flow. ................................................................................................................... 67
Figure 6. 19: Trading Structure ............................................................................................................ 73

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