i thought that my new year's resolution to undertake less plane journeys
and if i had to to buy carbon offsets would be the easiest one. happily
sitting on my island i avoided booking an air ticket for now almost
three months.
now i have to travel to bratislava next weekend and planned to get a
carbon offset certificate. in the uk the ngo which is mentioned
positively in the media when it comes to offset trade is climatecare
(http://www.co2.org/index.cfm) , in germany the government recommends
the ngo atmosfair (http://www.atmosfair.de/index.php?id=9&L=3). using
both carbon calculators i come up with surprisingly different outcomes.
a) climatecare calculates for a return journey london-bratislava 0,29
tonne carbon emissions and the offset costs gbp 2,20 (about 3,30 euros =
11,38 euros / tonne).
b) atmosfair calculates for the same journey 700 kg carbon emissions and
the offset costs 15 euros.
(= 21,43 / tonne).
has anybody looked into the issue of carbon offsets more closely and can
recommend me a good organisation?
some of your thoughts about:
climate change appears so much on top of the european political agenda
(which i think is a good thing). there are so many scientific reports
now on circulation which deal with 'hard facts'. why do they become so
soft certainly?
on a side note: i was told on the atmosfair website that an average
indian would produce 900 kg carbon emissions / year which appears little
having experienced polution in an indian city for half a year. how do
people come up with these estimations?
