atmosfair: setting standards for voluntary carbon offset Sabine Minninger, atmosfair
Content I
Air traffic and climate change
II Carbon offsetting with atmosfair III atmosfair‘s projects IV Opinion of customers
Warum ist Fliegen so klimasch채dlich?
Why does air travel damage climate so much? • Long distances > much fuel consumed Frankfurt – Los Angeles - Frankfurt: ~750l kerosene/passenger
• High impact of GHG in travel height Burning 1l kerosene in height of 10km is like burning 3l on the ground
• Mobility of Germans: Air traffic equals impact of all car driving
• Contribution of air traffic to global warming: 4 - 9% BUT: 90% of the world‘s population hardly ever flies 80% of all flights are for tourism
• Since 1970: Air traffic increased 500%, keeps growing
>> Tourism is a mayor problem
However, political measures hardly exist
atmosfair • Idea: Flight emissions (impact on climate) are reduced elsewhere by offset projects
• Born from NGO Germanwatch and eco-travel association „forum anders reisen“ • since May 2005: non profit company • patron: Klaus Töpfer, former executive director of UNEP
atmosfair: clients and official partners
Emissions calculator - www.atmosfair.org
Departure Stop over (optional) Arrival one way Return flight
Number of flights (out and return)
Number of passengers
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Emissions calculator • scientific (DLR, QinetiQ, MPI, IPCC ...) • independent • differentiated • transparent & documented •approved by German Federal Environment Agency
Accurate
Cost • inside EU: 10-20 EUR • overseas: 40 – 150 EUR
Online-Booking via travel agents
atmosfair standards • At least 80% of funds into projects • Message: „If I fly, I do it atmosfair.“ • Promotion of flight avoidance (Video conferences, „Holidays in touch with the earth“…) • Only CDM Gold Standard projects: Resulting CERs are retired from the market on atmosfair‘s account at the official German registry Many providers of „carbon neutrality“ do marketing rather than climate protection
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CDM Gold Standard: 1. Official Kyoto process leads to Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) 2. Independent and liable, UN-accredited revisors 3. Only renewable energy and energy efficiency projects 4. Additionality strictly assessed (Projects are NOT bussines as usual) 5. Contribution to local wellfare and sustainable development (jobs for locales, local environment, capacity building‌)
Project India: Solar cooking
Partners: Gadhia Solar (Indian Solar-Company, GTZ) Beneficiaries: 18 kitchens of hospitals, schools and religous centers Technology: Solar steam cooking devices with steam storage CO2-Reduction: 500 tCO2/a by avoiding diesel Local benefits: Improved air quality, lower dependence from diesel Since August 2006 officially registered at UNFCCC
Project Thailand: Biogas from sewage water
Partners: GTZ, Chumporn Palm Oil Industry (CPI) Beneficiaries: Palm oil factory and nearby farmers Technology: Biogas from sewage water, avoidance of methane and replacement of fossil fuels CO2-Reduktion: 20.000t CO2/a Local benefits: Clean water, reduction of bad smell. NO rain forest put at risk! Current state: Project is running, but formal approval of Thai government still missing (political crisis)
In preparation: Irrigation in rural China
Partner: BORDA (Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association) Beneficiaries: Peasants in about 100 chinese villages Technology: Hydraulic rams replace diesel pumps Local benefits: Improved yields, lower dependence from diesel CO2-Reduction: about 2000tCO2/a
Planned in Mongolia: Home insulation for the poor
Partner: Mongolian NGO, DED Beneficiaries: Inhabitants of 3000 small houses in Ulaanbataar Technology: Insulation with simple, locally available materials Local benefits: Better living conditions, coal saving CO2-Reduction: 15.000 tCO2/a by saving coal
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