Low carbon travel advice

The Eagles has an objective to reduce carbon emissions from its activities, with the ultimate aspiration for these to be net zero. At the moment, net emissions from club tours (after offsetting) are about 280 tonnes/year. (To keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees by 2100, each person should emit on average no more than 1.5 tonnes per year.) If you would like to help reach the club’s target, there are two main things you can do:

1. Choose lower emission mode(s) of transport for all or part of your trip. (Taking a direct flight from say Edinburgh to Munich then continuing to Innsbruck by train, instead of taking connecting flights, will still cut emissions. Or travel by train in one direction and plane the other.)  Detailed advice on how to do this for each tour is shown below. And/or;
2. Offset your travel (by whatever mode) by buying from the Club’s emissions offset scheme at a cost of around £3.50 for an average return flight within Europe and less for other modes.

Per passenger, the rough CO2 emissions for a return from London to Geneva are as follows

Direct flight, Economy Class 400kg

Large car, 4 passengers 160kg

Small car, 4 passengers 80kg

Coach 50kg

Train (e.g. Eurostar ) 25kg

(Sources of data: Statista (2023); DEFRA (2023); French Environment Ministry (2019); and https://ecopassenger.hafas.de/)

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