It s an important issue at the Climate Change Conference in The Hague, which is considering plans to allow trading in CO2 emissions. This means that one has to pay for CO2 emissions. A first step Under the terms of the UN Climate Treaty, the so-called Kyoto Protocol, the Netherlands is allowed to produce no more than 25 megatonnes of CO2 inside its borders annually. The market gardens project is saving 0.5 megatonnes. This may seem like a drop in the ocean, but it is at least a first step in efforts to halt the greenhouse effect.
Market gardeners are keen to take part.
It allows them to boost their sales amid growing consumer demands for more environmentally friendly production. And as demand grows, supply is set to follow.