TITLE

Concerns over Defra plan

AUTHOR(S)

Taylor, Ian

PUB. DATE

January 2007

SOURCE

Travel Weekly (UK);1/26/2007, p7

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports that the British government's plan to bring clarity to the system of carbon offsetting would see most existing schemes fall outside the criteria. The proposals by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs would direct consumers away from voluntary offset schemes offered by some travel companies. The agency plans a voluntary code of practice, but only providers using carbon credits traded on the market established by the Kyoto agreement on climate change will have official verification.

ACCESSION #

24393565

Tags: ENVIRONMENTAL policy;  CARBON -- Environmental aspects;  CONSUMERS;  UNITED Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992). Protocols, etc., 1997 Dec. 11;  GREAT Britain. Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

 

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