Compensating for residual emissions

Climate compensation or carbon offsetting is the practice of contributing financially to projects that avoid greenhouse gas emissions or directly remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Importantly, these projects are executed outside of a company’s own operations and value chain. Copenhagen Airports invests solely in projects that directly remove carbon dioxide (CO₂)  from the atmosphere.  

In 2024, we procured CO₂ removal credits from agroforestry projects in India and Nepal amounting to 23,000 tonnes of CO₂.  In 2025, we procured 7,300 CO₂ removal credits from agroforestry (6,738 tonnes), industrial biochar (533 tonnes) and direct air capture (29 tonnes).  Our 2025 portfolio reflects our ambition to diversify into CO₂ removal technologies that offer more permanent and certain impacts on the climate as we reduce our own emissions.