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Inspired by: FP7 » Emergence of secondary carbon financial vehicles

version: 2 / updated: 2010-12-04
id: #1181 / version id: #484
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Originally submitted by: Joe Ravetz
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Last changed by: Rafael Popper
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 6 - Environment (including Climate Change)

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Pressures on environment and climate

Optional reference/s to FP7 project/s

Use the following format: Project Acronym (Project Reference No.). Use commas if more than one project is associated to this Wild Card, for example: ALFA-BIRD (213266), SAFAR (213374), LAPCAT-II (211485)
CLIMATE-COST

Signal's headline

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Emergence of secondary carbon financial vehicles

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
This shows the emergence of hyper-market speculation and the transforming of a carbon market from an environmental to a financial entity.

Keywords

hyper-market speculation, carbon market, financialisation, carbon financial vehicle

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)
Increase in number of secondary carbon financial vehicles (e.g. trusts, credit swaps, collateral obligations, etc.) shows the emergence of hyper-market speculation and the transforming of a carbon market from an environmental to a financial entity.

Signal's first apperance

2000-2005

Importance

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Level 3: important for the European Union
Level 4: important for the whole world

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

information/communicational filters (media/editorial interests, language, reasoning)
economic filters (business/market interests)
political filters (party or ideological interests)

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Sustainability and climate change

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

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particularly relevant
Environment (including Climate Change)
Social Sciences and Humanities