According to a marketcheck by the Federal Association of Consumer Groups Germany (VZBV), only three service provider can be unreservedly recommended for CO2-compensations of air travel. The compensation offers of airlines do not calculate the impact on climate sufficiently. To save CO2 emissons of air travel sustainable and entirely, assigned quality criteria have to be fulfilled.

respect, in cooperation with Naturefriends International, conducted an expert consultation about the relevance of a compulsory carbon footprint disclosure for tourism services. A discussion paper depicts different viewpoints and identifies challenges for implementation.

European Commission press release
Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "The 2009 Environment Policy Review shows that Member States adopted and implemented a variety of environmental policy measures. It gives interesting examples of how environmental objectives can be integrated into other policy areas. Nevertheless, a number of data and trends remain worrying.

The International Air Transport Association has a vision for the year 2050: by the use of biofuels, the air transport market is meant to grow and at the same time cut it's CO2 emissions by one-half. The air transport industry sees itself as exemplary regarding climate protection and demands more responsibility and money for environmental matters from politics. Against the background of IATA's present commitment to climate protection, this call sounds more than just cynical.