据10月10日Trend报道，援引路透社消息，荷兰皇家壳牌公司周四表示，根据一项确定的计划，将于本月晚些时候开始抵消英国约150万辆汽车的二氧化碳排放量。
与其他石油公司一样，壳牌也面临着来自股东的压力，他们要求壳牌展示其减少碳排放的计划，减少温室气体的排放——温室气体排放是全球变暖的一个主要原因。
英国人越来越关心他们对环境的影响，今年早些时候，绿色环保组织也开展了相关活动，在气候变化问题上采取更大力度的行动。
壳牌英国地区主席西尼德?林奇(Sinead Lynch)表示，人们减少道路排放的最佳方式是使用可再生能源供电的电动汽车。但今天大多数人仍然使用汽油和柴油。我们可以通过抵消他们的燃料购买来帮助他们解决排放的影响。”
从10月17日开始，使用壳牌Go+ app或card购买燃料的消费者的排放将被免费抵消，直到2020年9月。
壳牌表示，约有20%的客户注册了该计划。该机构预计，该项目将耗资约1000万英镑(约合1220万美元)，抵消约150万辆汽车的碳排放。该计划包括帮助资助其他方面的减排，比如通过减少森林砍伐。一些气候组织表示，碳补偿应该作为最后的手段，绝对减排应该是首要措施。
壳牌表示，它将使用来自秘鲁、印度尼西亚、美国和英国环保项目的碳信用额。将用于该计划的大部分信贷已被购买，但并未透露购买价格。
碳补偿的成本因项目类型及其带来的社会和环境效益而有很大差异。根据联合国支持的方案，每吨二氧化碳的交易额度约为0.22欧元，而抵消碳排放的公司每吨可以收取8欧元左右的费用。
邹勤 摘译自 Trend
原文如下：
Shell to offset carbon emissions for British fuel buyers
Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday it would offset the carbon dioxide emissions of around 1.5 million road users in Britain starting later this month under a loyalty scheme, reports Trend referring to Reuters.
Shell, like other oil companies, has come under pressure from shareholders to show how it plans to reduce its carbon footprint and help cut greenhouse gas emissions, a major cause of global warming.
Britons are increasingly concerned about their environmental impact, with green group Extinction Rebellion carrying out civil disobedience to push for more ambition on climate change.
Sinead Lynch, Shell UK country chair, said the best way for people to cut their road emissions was to use electric vehicles, supplied with renewable power.
“But today the majority of people still use petrol and diesel. We can help them address the impact of their emissions by offsetting their fuel purchases,” she said in a statement.
From Oct. 17, emissions relating to fuel purchased by customers with the Shell Go+ app or card will be offset for free until September 2020.
Shell said about 20% of its customers were registered with the loyalty scheme. It expects the program to cost roughly 10 million pounds ($12.2 million) and offset emissions from around 1.5 million cars.
Carbon offsetting involves helping to fund a cut in emissions elsewhere, such as through preventing deforestation.
Some climate groups say offsetting should be used as a last resort and that absolute emission cuts should be the priority.
Shell said it would use carbon credits from conservation projects in Peru, Indonesia, the United States and Britain.
Most of the credits that will be used for the scheme have already been bought, Shell said, but it did not disclose the purchase price.
The cost of carbon offsets varies widely depending on the type of project and the social and environmental benefits it brings.
Credits traded under a U.N.-backed scheme are trading at around 0.22 euro per tonne of carbon dioxide, while carbon-offsetting firms can charge around 8 euros a tonne.
