在2003年啟用溫室氣體交易機制的美國芝加哥氣候交易中心，正式宣佈與美國眾議院所簽訂的「碳金融工具」合約。
這個反向拍賣是將相當於3萬公噸的二氧化碳等價物，藉由300份合約進行販售，這些二氧化碳等價物主要來自美國基礎計劃，將溫室氣體排放量做等比例金額的抵銷。
眾議院購買碳排放信用額度來抵銷美國國會大廈燃煤發電廠每年排放3萬公噸碳，對氣候所造成的影響。 此筆資金將用於相關減碳措施，例如植樹、二氧化碳地底封存，以及風力和太陽能等綠色科技的研發。
芝加哥排放交易市場此項金融制度，是全球首創，也是北美唯一出自自願，合法約束溫室氣體排放減量、登記和交易的機制。
The Chicago Climate Exchange, which began its greenhouse gas trading operations in 2003, has announced the results of its auction of Carbon Financial Instrument contracts conducted on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives at its request.
The reverse auction was a bid for 300 contracts representing 30,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents from a pool of U.S. based projects that have offset a proportionate amount of greenhouse gas emissions.
The House purchased these carbon credits to offset the impact of 30,000 tons of carbon emitted by the U.S. Capitol's coal-burning power plant each year.
The funds will be used on carbon reducing measures, such as planting trees and underground storage of carbon dioxide, as well as green technologies like wind and solar power.
A financial institution, CCX is the world's first and North America's only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction, registry and trading system.
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