What price carbon?

Carbon offsets cost different amounts. If you've looked into buying carbon offsets, you'll know that there is a huge range of prices, from around £2 per tonne to over £25.

We're interested to understand what buyers feel is the right price is to offset one tonne of carbon. Fill out our short poll, below, and we'll let you know the results in our next newsletter. We'll also review the factors that determine the price of offsets, and give some pointers on deciding what is the right price to pay.

1. Do you currently buy carbon offsets?: *

Yes, as an individual – I offset my personal carbon footprint

Yes, the organisation I work for buys carbon offsets

Select all that apply.

2. If you went to buy carbon offsets now, what would you expect to pay, per tonne?: *

To put that into context, one tonne is about the quantity produced by 3,000 miles of driving a car or a return economy flight from London to New York.

How would you describe this price?:

Cheap

About right

Expensive

Why?:

3. What do you think is the right price to offset one tonne of emissions (in £s)?: *

Why?:

4. Which three of the following factors do you think most affects the price of carbon offsets?:

The standards the the offsets use (such as Voluntary Carbon Standard, or Government Quality Assurance Scheme)

The type of project (i.e. whether it is forestry, renewable energy, industrial efficiency etc.)

The reputation of the retailer

The cost of building the project (e.g. the cost of setting up a forestry project of renewable energy plant)

The fees charged by retailers

The fees charged by brokers and other intermediaries

Whether the project can generate revenue via another means (such as selling energy or a government grant)

Don't know

Please select up to 3

5. Do you have any further comments?:

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