New Delhi, July 29 - Travel management company Uniglobe Travel Wednesday launched a carbon offset programme in India that will allow air travellers to purchase carbon credits to reduce the environmental impact of their travel.

Uniglobe, which launched the programme in association with CarbonNeutral Co, a global carbon management firm, said the fund raised through the sale of carbon credits would be used in various emission reduction projects in the country.

Aircraft globally contribute to 8 percent to the total carbon emission, which makes the carbon offset programme very important, company officials said.

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, who launched the programme here, said the aviation sector is a big contributor to carbon emission so that it has to take initiatives to check it.

'Carbon emission is something which impact all of us. It will drastically affect our coming generations.