Voluntary carbon offsetting schemes for aviation: Efficiency, credibility and sustainable tourism

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-248

  Gössling, Stefan ^a   Broderick, John ^b   Upham, Paul ^b   Ceron, Jean Paul ^c   Dubois, Ghislain ^d   Peeters, Paul ^e   Strasdas, Wolfgang ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^d Tourisme Environnement Consultants (TEC)   (France)

^e NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aviation; Carbon offsetting schemes; Greenhouse gas emissions; Kyoto; Sustainable tourism; Sustainable transport

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CARBON EMISSION; ECOTOURISM; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 34250818068     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jost758.0     Document Type: Article

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