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Investing in a good carbon offset project will probably help to do some good somewhere in the world, adds Hewitt, but it wont make the emissions from your flight go away. Offsetting just can't be a long-term solution, she says. Many people object to offsetting as it implies wealthier individuals can keep contributing to climate change without altering their behaviour.

While giving up flying can feel like a choice to curb your own freedom, travel and the opportunity to experience different cultures, its increasing role in climate change is putting many of our most cherished environments at risk.

But if we do choose to shift our mindsets, we could find the pleasures of slow travel and the discovery of what we have been missing on our own doorsteps could be worth the sacrifice.

* Jocelyn Timperley is a freelance climate change reporter. You can find her on Twitter @jloistf.

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