Big business will stay away from having to make any changes and they are not small ones as an article from The Guardian states "and even positive developments, like the growing use of renewable energy, can lead to instability as coal producing areas will need new economic lifeblood"( Larkin). In the end government controlling big business will have ultimate control. .
Moving into carbon trading, carbon trading is a profitable source of environmental protection using "Carbon Offset Credits" where one credit equals one metric ton of hazardous greenhouse gasses such as, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and CFC's. These carbon credits are shockingly inexpensive as told by molly peters of the ecosystem marketplace "The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a voluntary offset program using different methodologies and standards, saw huge increases in price. Last year, their average credit prices leaped to $5.7/tCO2e in 2011, compared to $2/tCO2e in the previous year" (Peters). Is six dollars really the going price of one metric ton of ozone harming greenhouse gasses? These carbon credits are purchased by companies and production facilities that emit greenhouse gasses usually those that require the burning of fossil fuels. These companies are issued a set number of carbon credits issued by their country of origin and regulated by the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, if this company uses their annual use of carbon waste the must purchase more. Businesses can go about buying credits from another business that has not used their allowance or from an organization that specializes on producing greenhouse gas reducing techniques such as tree farms. Carbon offset producing programs like tree farms are multi-beneficial to its local environment as we see in this quote "[re]forestation in developing countries is one of the most popular offset schemes.