SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING GLOBAL WARMING

• US 20120084193A1
• Filed: 04/19/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Planetary Emissions Management, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Planetary Emissions Management, Inc.
• Inventors: MARINO, Bruno D.V.
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,994 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/90 Financial instruments for climate change mitigation, e.g. environmental taxes, subsidies or financing

Abstract

A closed end financial instrument for the monetization of greenhouse gases is disclosed. The closed end security has unique features providing for the securitization of greenhouse gas reductions (e.g., avoidance, sequestration, transformation) on global and sub-global scales. A universal carbon index based on the computed value for metric tons fossil fuel derived CO₂ from measurements of the carbon 14 isotope, directly linked to fossil fuel emissions, is also disclosed. The 14C based universal index provides a unique and novel market mechanism to value and track fossil fuel carbon across all reduction genres and measurement platforms. Sub-global indexes for 14C and other GHGs representing partial carbon budgets for specific regions are accounted for within the global budget. The global and sub-global GHG indexes may operate in real time across all GHG currency transactions constituting a live GHG trading regime. An asset allocation system, based on trace gas emissions over small to large scales is also disclosed providing a means to manage and reduce GHG emissions with market-based risk assessment versus return and modern portfolio theory paradigms. Features such as small, mid and large, growth and value are applied to GHG reduction efforts by trace gas type. The unique elements of financial mechanism, global and sub-global carbon indexes and asset allocation options provide a means to manage, reduce and monetize the burden of GHGs to the atmosphere and resultant global warming.

Claims

1. A method for greenhouse gas (GHG) trading comprising:

providing at least one geographically defined biosphere box comprising at least one of a terrestrial and an aquatic ecosystem, wherein the at least one geographically defined biosphere box is compartmentalized into at least one GHG reservoir;

defining for the at least one geographically defined biosphere box a first baseline GHG flux;

measuring at least one GHG flux in the at least one GHG reservoir by measuring a released and a sequestered amount of GHG in the at least one GHG reservoir;

comparing the at least one measured GHG flux of the at least one GHG reservoir with the first baseline to generate at least one first resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box; and

defining a closed-end fund comprising a plurality of traded items wherein each traded item corresponds to the at least one first resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein measuring the at least one GHG flux further comprises at least one of measuring GHG in the air and soil of the terrestrial ecosystem and measuring GHG in dissolved water in the aquatic ecosystem.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein measuring the at least one GHG flux further comprises at least one of real-time monitoring, verification, and accounting of GHG in the at least one GHG reservoir over at least one annual cycle.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein measuring GHG flux further comprises sampling of GHG measurements having a frequency of less than 10 Hz.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

defining for the at least one geographically defined biosphere box a second baseline GHG flux relative to zero net GHG sequestration;

defining for the at least one geographically defined biosphere box a third baseline GHG flux relative to a composition of the isotopic forms of the Kyoto greenhouse gases;

defining for the at least one geographically defined biosphere box a fourth baseline GHG flux relative to at least one of a local, a regional, a continental and a global indicator of net GHG flux within the at least one geographically defined biosphere box;

comparing the at least one measured GHG flux of the at least one GHG reservoir with the second baseline GHG flux to generate at least one second resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box;

comparing the at least one measured GHG flux of the at least one GHG reservoir with the third baseline GHG flux to generate at least one third resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box;

comparing the at least one measured GHG flux of the at least one GHG reservoir with the fourth baseline GHG flux to generate at least one fourth resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box;

ensuring permanence of the at least one GHG reservoir within the at least one geographically defined biosphere box;

preventing leakage of the released and the sequestered GHG outside the at least one geographically defined biosphere box; and

wherein each traded item further corresponds to at least one of the at least one second, third, and fourth resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one GHG reservoir is located at least one of a location on the planer, a location within the planer, and a location above the planet.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a net asset value of a traded item from the plurality of traded items is determined by investor demand for the at least one GHG reservoir.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling modification of the at least one of a terrestrial and an aquatic ecosystem to increase sequestration of GHG.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a rate of GHG sequestration based on the first baseline within at least one of a region, a state, and a country.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising managing the rate of GHG sequestration based on the first baseline within the at least one of a region, a state, and a country.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising setting pricing levels for sequestered GHG based on the first baseline within the at least one of a region, a state, and a country.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the closed-end fund further comprises auctioned items.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said GHG comprises at least one of a carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrous oxide (N₂O), methane (CH4), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), perfluorocarbons (PFC'"'"'s), and hydrofluorocarbons.

14. A system for generating greenhouse gas (GHG) tradable products comprising:

(a) a measuring system for measuring at least one GHG flux in at least one GHG reservoir of at least one geographically defined biosphere box comprising at least one of a terrestrial and an aquatic ecosystem, wherein the at least one geographically defined biosphere box is compartmentalized into the at least one GHG reservoir, wherein the measuring system comprises;

an array of analyzers placed in predetermined representative locations throughout the at least one GHG reservoir, wherein each analyzer measures at least one GHG flux in the at least one GHG reservoir by measuring a released and a sequestered amount of GHG in the at least one GHG reservoir; and

a standard reference module for defining for the at least one geographically defined biosphere box a first baseline GHG flux; and

(b) a data processing system for

comparing the at least one measured GHG flux of the at least one GHG reservoir with the first baseline to generate at least one first resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box, and

defining a closed-end fund comprising a plurality of traded items wherein each traded item corresponds to the at least one first resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein each analyzer measures the at least one GHG flux in the at least one GHG reservoir by measuring at least one of GHG in the air and soil of the terrestrial ecosystem, and GHG in dissolved water in the aquatic ecosystem.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein each analyzer measures the at least one GHG flux in the at least one GHG reservoir by one of real-time monitoring, verification, and accounting of GHG in the at least one GHG reservoir over at least one annual cycle.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein each analyzer measures the at least one GHG flux in the at least one GHG reservoir by sampling measurements of GHG having a frequency of less than 10 Hz.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein comparing further comprises:

comparing the at least one measured GHG flux of the at least one GHG reservoir with a second baseline GHG flux relative to zero net GHG sequestration to generate at least one second resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box;

comparing the at least one measured GHG flux of the at least one GHG reservoir with a third baseline GHG flux relative to a composition of the isotopic forms of the Kyoto greenhouse gases to generate at least one third resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box;

comparing the at least one measured GHG flux of the at least one GHG reservoir with a fourth baseline GHG flux relative to at least one of a local, a regional, a continental and a global indicator of net GHG flux within the at least one geographically defined biosphere box to generate at least one fourth resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box;

ensuring permanence of the at least one GHG reservoir within the at least one geographically defined biosphere box;

preventing leakage of the released and the sequestered GHG outside the at least one geographically defined biosphere box; and

wherein each traded item further corresponds to at least one of the at least one second, third, and fourth resultant GHG flux data of the at least one geographically defined biosphere box.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one GHG reservoir is located at least one of a location on the planer, a location within the planer, and a location above the planet.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein a net asset value of a traded item from the plurality of traded items is determined by investor demand for the at least one GHG reservoir.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one of a terrestrial and an aquatic ecosystem is modified to increase sequestration of GHG.

22. The system of claim 14, wherein the measuring system is enabled to determine a rate of GHG sequestration based on the first baseline within at least one of a region, a state, and a country.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the measuring system is enabled to manage the rate of GHG sequestration based on the first baseline within the at least one of a region, a state, and a country.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the measuring system is enabled to set pricing levels for sequestered GHG based on the first baseline within the at least one of a region, a state, and a country.

25. The system of claim 14, wherein the closed-end fund further comprises auctioned items.

26. The method of claim 14, wherein said GHG comprises at least one of a carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrous oxide (N₂O), methane (CH4), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), perfluorocarbons (PFC'"'"'s), and hydrofluorocarbons.