Call for evidence outcome

Carbon offsetting in transport: a call for evidence

From:: Department for Transport
Published: 18 July 2019
Last updated: 14 July 2021 — See all updates

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Carbon offsetting in transport: government response

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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

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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