Climate

Climate change is probably the world’s most pressing environmental issue, seriously threatening humanity and biodiversity. In this century the temperature on earth is expected to rise by 1.4 to 5.8 degrees Celsius. As a result sea levels will rise significantly. The amount of precipitation will increase in wet areas and decrease in dry areas. These changes will have a significant impact on our ecosystems. Flora and fauna will be confronted with a greatly and rapidly changing habitat and numerous species will not be able to adapt in time. Developing countries will experience the worst effects of climate change. Their economies are fragile and rely heavily on agricultural activities.
 
Towards a climate neutral economy
The CO₂ emitted by the industrialised world is the major cause of climate change. It is our duty therefore to limit our CO₂ footprint as much as possible by:

- Maximising our energy efficiency
- Using renewable energy instead of energy derived from fossil fuels
- Applying efficient fossil
- Making our activities climate neutral

This means that we compensate for our CO₂ emissions which we can not avoid. Namely by giving projects which combat climate change, such as afforestation and renewable energy projects, the credits for that. Or, more precisely, to buy these credits from those projects. This mechanism was created in the Kyoto protocol. By selling their green credits, climate projects become more economically viable, especially in developing countries.
Companies and (governmental) organisations buy CO₂ credits for various reasons:

- The wish not to contribu to climage change
- The drive to perform better than the competition by adopting a climate neutral strategy or by developing climate neutral
  products and services
- Development of climate change awareness among employees and clients
- Learning how to adopt to the emerging CO₂-constrained economy and gain experience with CO₂-pricing, accounting,
  reduction and compensation.

All clients are convinced that something needs to be done now and that – after a long period of (international) discussions - it’s time to act.