Carbon markets are the primary regulatory device for confronting climate change. This article analyzes the data practices through which carbon markets connect local reductions in carbon emissions with the planetary atmosphere as such. Carbon markets and related accounting practices are a special form of what Kim Fortun calls “informating environmentalism,” that is, the rendering of environmental issues into problems that can be managed by information systems. I explore the manufacture of carbon offsets (a kind of financial product) through two companies in Thailand who reduce carbon emissions from agricultural processing factories. Criticism of carbon markets may not recognize their importance if it ignores the information practices through which they are made and global problems to which they are addressed. The study of “Earth's data” helps emphasize the anthropological significance of carbon markets. Specifically, carbon regulation seeks to ensure Earth's future habitability by managing the chemical composition of the planetary atmosphere. [climate change, carbon markets, information infrastructure, global assemblage, planetary atmosphere, chemistry, quantification, Thailand]

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地球数据：气候变化，泰国碳市场和行星大气

碳市场是应对气候变化的主要监管手段。本文分析了数据实践，通过这些数据实践，碳市场将碳排放的局部减少与这样的行星大气联系在一起。碳市场和相关的会计惯例是Kim Fortun所谓的“信息化环保主义”的一种特殊形式，即将环境问题转化为可由信息系统管理的问题。我通过两家位于泰国的公司减少了农业加工厂的碳排放量，探索了碳补偿（一种金融产品）的制造。如果对碳市场的批评忽略了制造碳市场的信息实践和所解决的全球性问题，那么它可能就不会意识到其重要性。“地球”研究 的数据”有助于强调碳市场的人类学意义。具体而言，碳管理旨在通过管理行星大气的化学成分来确保地球未来的可居住性。[气候变化，碳市场，信息基础设施，全球集合，行星大气，化学，量化，泰国]