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What are Carbon Offsets?
Understanding your own CO2*1 emissions, carbon offsets mean offsetting all or part of these CO2 emissions which cannot be reduced through effort alone. This is done by making reductions or absorption in other locations. (Source: Ministry of the Environment)
See here for the current state of global warming*1 Here, all greenhouse gases that are said to cause global warming are referred to collectively as CO2.
JAL Group Carbon Offsets
In response to requests from customers with a high interest in protecting the environment and preventing global warming, the JAL Group is the first airline to have provided the option of offsetting the CO2 emitted on a flight.
These carbon offsets are a measure to offset all or some of the CO2 emitted by the aircraft by accessing the provider's website*2 through the JAL website, and selecting a sustainable development project to support, such as wind power generation or the reuse of energy.
*2 The JAL Group acts as a carbon offset intermediary for the carbon offset provider Recycle One, Inc.
The following two methods are used in implementing JAL Group carbon offsets.
- Donating emission rights (CO2 reduction credits) to Japan in order to contribute to the achievement of Japan's Kyoto Protocol targets (reducing Japan's greenhouse gas emissions by 6% compared to the 1990 levels by 2012).
- Revoking the emission credits. In other words, by revoking the credits themselves, this contributes to the reduction of CO2 over the entire world.