Cleaner Climate
DriveAway Holidays is leading the way in the fight against global warming! The carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by the world’s cars is trapping heat next to the earth, causing temperatures to rise and warming the planet, and causing our planet to change. We’ve teamed with Cleaner Climate to allow travellers to offset their (CO2) emissions from car travel.
Through Cleaner Climate's international renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, you can directly contribute to programs that offset the carbon emitted from your car rental.
Cleaner Climate’s wind farm is located in the village Elladakere in Chitradurga district of Karnataka State in India totalling to a capacity of 1.2 MW.
Calculate and offset your carbon emissions
Calculating the carbon emissions from your car hire and finding out how much it will cost to offset these emissions is simple. Just click the icon located at the top right corner of this page to access the online calculator and follow the prompts.
If you choose to offset, you will be directed to a secure site where you can make your offset payment. Once completed, you will receive an offset certificate from Cleaner Climate verifying your carbon offset.
The Offset Project
Cleaner Climate’s primary international project is a 1.2 MW wind farm facility located at the World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) in Karnataka, India. The wind farm has been developed under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and is currently providing clean energy to one of the world’s most polluted countries.
Cleaner Climate’s Carbon projects are either governed by the regulated market (Kyoto compliant) or other government approved schemes such as Australia’s Greenhouse Friendly™ scheme operated by the Federal Government of Australia.
Developing projects under these schemes ensures that the emissions reductions satisfy stringent criteria set up by the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Committee (UNFCCC) or the Australian Government. In addition, all projects are monitored by an independent third party to ensure that they produce verified carbon reductions.
Frequently Asked Questions?
Q. Do I contribute to climate change when I drive?
A. Yes. Cars generate greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) that are released into the atmosphere.
Q. What can I do about this?
A. You can offset the carbon emitted when you drive your car rental.
Q. What is offsetting?
A. When you buy a carbon offset, your money is used to fund energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in developing countries.
Q. Is offsetting compulsory?
A. Currently in Australia there is not a compulsory carbon tax on car hire. It is your choice to offset the carbon emitted from your road travel.
Q. Who is DriveAway Holidays Limited partnered with?
A. Cleaner Climate is an international integrated Carbon Solutions provider offering an entire range of Carbon solutions to companies and consumers wishing to incorporate environmental initiatives and effective climate change behavioral strategies into their portfolio or lifestyle.
Q. Does Cleaner Climate comply with industry standards?
A. Yes. Climate’s Carbon projects are either governed by the regulated market under the UNFCCC* (Kyoto compliant) or other government approved schemes such as Australia’s Greenhouse Friendly™ scheme operated by the Federal Government of Australia.
Q. Where does the money go?
A. Cleaner Climate is involved in numerous energy efficiency and renewable energy projects internationally. Using a basket approach these projects include landfill remediation (extracting methane from landfill), effective manure management, residential energy efficiency and industrial applications involving large waste streams. These projects are being implemented in South Africa, Thailand, Mexico and India and all contribute to a cleaner, low-carbon environment.
* The UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992. Its stated objective is "to achieve stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a low enough level to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system."
Last updated 03 March 2008.