ABSTRACT
The climate gas compensation scheme is one element in a new general climate policy for Norway in which it is acknowledged that the climate problem is one of the most important issues to be dealt with in coming years and that climate-changing emissions from transport must be reduced. Some of the actors indirectly involved in the establishment of the new public climate gas compensation scheme in Norway are as important as those directly involved, and a number of non-governmental organisations have played important roles. Critical opinions put forward are that the scheme and other suggested efforts are not sufficiently ambitious to make Norway a leading country in the field. The climate gas compensation scheme for Norwegian state employees is an effort to address the climate impacts of air mobility at societal level. The scheme supports new efforts on the part of airline companies to offer carbon compensation for air travel.
