Carbon Offset Committee

• Introduction
• Committee Members
• Carbon Offset Website

Introduction

Climate scientists unanimously agree that human activities, especially emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, are altering the earth’s climate in ways that will profoundly affect our lives. Over 95% of SCB’s contribution to global warming derives from jet fuel burned to take people to our annual meeting. Each passenger on a fully-booked London-New York flight, for instance, is responsible for about 1.2 tons of carbon.

At the June Board of Governors meeting in San Jose, California, USA, the decision was made to take responsibility for the carbon impacts of travel to our Annual Meetings. By becoming ‘carbon neutral,’ we will neutralize the effect of our greenhouse gas emissions, so that our activities no longer contribute to global warming.

The first Annual Meeting (travel) to be offset is the 2007 Meeting in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. A small fee was added to each attendee’s registration fee to offset the carbon of the overall travel to the meeting.

Further information will soon be available about the success of this effort and future plans for offsetting the carbon output of SCB.

Committee Members