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markets such as India and Brazil have much earlier introduced
financial derivatives such as carbon futures and carbon options. The
internationally typical carbon financial trading tools include carbon
forward transactions, carbon options, carbon futures, and securitized
carbon financial products. Table 2.10 depicts the emissions trading and
carbon financial products in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia.

Table 2.10  Major Foreign Emissions Trading and Carbon Financial Products 2.2

Regions Name Carbon finance

European Climate Exchange (ECX) Future option products of EUA, ERU and CER
forward

European Energy Exchange (EEX) Electric available goods, Electricity, EUAs

Europe Nord Pool (NP) Electricity, EUA, CER

BlueNext Exchange Available products and derivatives from EUA
and CER

Climex Exchange EUAs, CERs, VERs, ERUs and AAUs

Green Exchange EUAS, CERs, RGGI, SO2 and NOx quota and
California Carbon Emission Quota CCAS, in
addition there is the VER/VCU, RECs

America Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) Six kinds of greenhouses offset project trade
credit of North America Brazil

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange Future contract of standard and settle
(CCFE) accounts of discarded discharge quota and
other environmental products

Australian Climate Exchange (ACX) CERs, VERs, RECs

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) RECs

Australian Financial and Energy Environment, etc., exchange products and
Exchange (FEX) over-the-counter services

Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX)

Australia Singapore Asia Carbon Exchange Long-term contract of carbon credit future
and Asia (ACX-change) goods and share options or the already
signed and issued CERs or VERs (voluntary
emissions reduction) auction

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Two carbon trade credit carbon product
(MCX) contracts: CERs and CFIs (Carbon Financial
Instruments)

National Multi Commodity Exchange CERs
of India Ltd

Carbon forward transaction means that a contract is signed on a
carbon emission reduction project (such as a CDM project) before the

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