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Carbon offsetting in transport: a call for evidence

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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Carbon offsetting can help individuals and organisations to compensate for any emissions they cannot avoid or reduce by paying for an equivalent amount of emissions to be reduced or removed elsewhere.

This call for evidence explored the option to offer consumers the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions associated with specific journeys and asked how we can improve consumer understanding of them.

The evidence and feedback provided in response has fed into the work of the Department for Transport (DfT) to decarbonise the transport sector.

The sector-wide publication Decarbonising transport: a better, greener Britain clarifies the government’s stance on the role of offsetting in reducing transport’s environmental impact.


Original call for evidence

Summary

Explores consumer understanding of carbon emissions, options to offset emissions from ticketed travel and if providers should offer voluntary carbon offsets.

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Call for evidence description

Call for evidence exploring:

  • options to improve the consumer understanding of the carbon emissions from their journeys
  • the role of carbon offsetting in transport
  • whether travel providers should be required to offer voluntary carbon offsets to their customers

Travel types include travel:

  • by train
  • by bus
  • by coach
  • by plane
  • by ferry
  • on holiday packages
  • on cruises
  • road transport

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Carbon offsetting in transport: a call for evidence

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Updates to this page

Published 18 July 2019
Last updated 14 July 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added Carbon offsetting in transport: government response.

  2. First published.

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