Climate Change and Air Travel
Trees for Travel began by offering only compensation for CO^₂ created by flight travel. We now, however, offer a much broader range of CO^₂ compensation.
The Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, which aims to limit international greenhouse gas emissions, was signed in Japan in 1997. Air travel is responsible for some 5 percent of these emissions and because the Kyoto Protocol does not specifically regulate air travel, we at Trees for Travel have taken the initiative and done something about it ourselves. Together with thousands of supporters and more than a hundred companies and organisations we are taking the lead, at least until international implementation starts.

Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, flight travel is still tax free and kerosene exerts no duty taxes. However, airport taxes have been introduced, supporting the view that the polluter pays. Unfortunately, the funds raised by airport taxes are not utilised to reduce the negative effects of flight travel and instead disappear in to the government's finances. Therefore the CO^₂ produced by flight travel stays in the atmosphere making it imperative that action is taken by Trees for Travel.