Carbon Emissions and Climate Change
Off-Setting Your Carbon Emissions
Given the environmental damage caused by harmful emissions, can we justify flying abroad for our holidays? Yes, says Close Encounters, if you travel responsibly, support sustainable tourism, and off-set your carbon emmissions. More information about carbon emissions is below, with a link to an emissions calculator where you can work out your carbon footprint and see how much to donate to offset this figure.
Global Climate Change
The global climate is warming due to increased atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide is released through the burning of fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas) used in generating electricity, heating and transportation.
It is up to all of us to address our individual 'Carbon Footprint'. We can do this by minimising the use of energy, by using sources of renewable energy for heat and power and, after we have done everything we can to minimise energy use in the first place, we can offset our residual, unavoidable Carbon Footprint. Under the concept of offsetting, co2balance uses clients' funds to invest in projects that either absorb or prevent the release of an equivalent tonnage of CO2, for example aforestation (absorption) and energy efficiency (prevention).
Co2balance initiates and manages its own offset projects to ensure that the promised offsets are delivered and maintained throughout the life of the project. Their methods are verified and accredited by Bournemouth University to ensure added public confidence in what we do.
Travel and tourism are significant generators of CO2 and while there are not generally alternatives to travelling using fossil-fuel powered vehicles and craft, we can at least offset the CO2 from our travel arrangements, be that by boat, plane, car or train.
Calculate and off-set your emissions here!
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