Is there going to be a carbon off-set scheme for Scotland?
The idea of a carbon off-set scheme was raised by the sustainability sub-group of the Tourism Innovation Group in June 2006. If established, this voluntary scheme would enable visitors to offset the CO2 produced as a result of their visit, investing in Scottish projects to regenerate forest habitats and other initiatives to reduce or ‘capture’ CO2 already produced. Carbon offset will be central to the potential scheme, and it is anticipated that this will be delivered via renewable energy projects, rather than carbon sequestration by trees or other means. An independent feasibility study has been commissioned to investigate how such a scheme may work and how it could benefit Scotland. VisitScotland is contributing to this study.
