Why choose to offset
Increasing temperatures from climate change are threatening Costa Rica’s unique biodiversity and all the benefits it provides to visitors and locals.
The average round-trip flight to Costa Rica generates 1.8 metric tonnes of CO2e emissions per passenger, more than the average Costa Rican generates in an entire year–and an amount estimated to melt 5.4 square meters of arctic ice.
Your flight emissions account for 90% of your Costa Rica experience’s climate impact.
Travel emissions estimate–7 day Costa Rica holiday for two travelers
How your offset lowers global CO2e emissions and helps communities in Costa Rica
When you offset your flight(s) through our program, you financially support the Los Santos project right here in Costa Rica–making verified CO2e reductions by expanding renewable and reliable energy to communities that historically have depended on fossil fuels (e.g. trees and petroleum) for light and cooking. The Los Santos project is developed and validated following published protocols from Gold Standard, and delivers co-benefits for communities and biodiversity in-line the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Learn more about the project here
Offset your flight to Costa Rica based on your starting point
Canada
Emits an average 1.73 tons of CO2e per passenger round-trip
USD $24.31
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USA
Emits an average 1.19 tons of CO2e per passenger round-trip
USD $16.72
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Europe
Emits an average 2.48 tons of CO2e per passenger round-trip
USD $34.84
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HOW WE CALCULATE TRAVEL EMISSIONS
Flight emissions calculated using United Nations ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) data, which is based on 190+ reporting countries including aircraft types, fuel consumption, passenger/freight ratios and passenger load factors. With this data we calculate emissions of round-trip flights from throughout Canada, Europe and the US to San Jose and Liberia, Costa Rica–and apply a radiative forcing factor of 1.9 Hotel emissions calculated using data published by the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, which aggregates carbon emissions data from more than 25,000 global hotel properties. Rental car emissions calculated using an average daily drive of 150 miles at 20 miles per gallon and fuel burning emissions factors published by the UK DEFRA organization.
