While other industries have been pressured to decarbonise – with varying levels of success – Air New Zealand's carbon footprint has steadily grown year on year. STUFF Here's how you can help fight climate change by paying to neutralise the carbon emissions you create. Air travel produces many other short-lived gases that increase warming, such as nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide and water vapour. Air travel is, in most places, the most efficient way to travel long distances - cheap, fast, and safe. Chris McKeen/Stuff Although only a third of passengers, international travellers account for 80 per cent of Air New Zealand's carbon emissions.

Source: Stuff April 05, 2019 16:01 UTC