Climate Change News
High-tech bridge built with flax
An old material is being rediscovered: flax has been with us for thousands of years in the form of clothing, sacks, and robust ship’s ropes. Now the plant fibres are experiencing a renaissance and could become the building material of the future, starting with a new project in Holland.
Travellers overwhelmed navigating sustainable tourism
New research reveals that although 90% of consumers look for sustainable options when booking, 70% feel overwhelmed with navigating options and making the best choices to be a more sustainable traveller.
Eco badges grow in importance for tourism industry
Travellers now require higher levels of transparency of a company’s environmental performance. GlobalData’s 2021 Consumer Survey has found that almost 75% of global consumers think the introduction of sustainability labels on products should be mandatory.
Air pollution rules threaten ferry lines
Ferry operators could be forced to cut services and close routes in northern Europe due to new air pollution rules being introduced in January 2015, transport ministers are being told ahead of an EU summit in Brussels tomorrow (2 December).
Climate report to show tourist paradises under “Acute” stress
Major tourist destinations like the Maldives and Vanuatu are already facing impacts due to climate change similar in scale to exposed failed states like Haiti and Somalia - a major new climate change report will detail later this week.
WTTC seeks greater collaboration on climate change
Greater cooperation between private sector businesses and climate change policy makers is the only solution to global concerns over climate change the World Travel & Tourism Council has argued. The industry body believes governments continue to mistakenly disparage the industry over greenhouse gas emissions, while making little attempt to consult when drawing up climate change policies.
O’Leary brands climate change as “horse *#*!”
In the same week that he called for replacing co-pilots with air stewardesses, Ryanair boss Micheal O’Leary has sparked further controversy by denying the existence of man-made climate change. The controversial millionaire said the idea that man-made pollution is heating up the planet is “horse *#*!”.
Green Globe Certification Partners With Limousine Environmental Action Partners, LLC
Green Globe Certification, the leading certification program for sustainability in travel and tourism, announces a new partnership with Limousine Environmental Action Partners, LLC.
Travel and tourism industry sets the standard on climate change
Travel and tourism is one of the largest industries in the world providing a strong impetus to global economic development.
A deal at Copenhagen is vital for tourism in England’s Northwest
This weeks’ Copenhagen summit will be vital to ensure that the Northwest does not suffer the impacts of dangerous climate change. Most of the focus has been on the impacts on countries around the world, but as the recent unprecedented flooding in Cumbria’s shows, the Northwest is vulnerable to a extreme weather events that may become more common as a result of future climate change.
Travel buyers shun green
More than two thirds of travel buyers still do not a have a green buying policy in place. Almost a fifth of the 1,400 respondents surveyed by the Business Travel & Meetings Show stated that being green is simply “not a priority”.
Bermuda to highlight islands’ plight at climate change summit
Bermuda hopes to get the plight of some of the world’s smallest islands to the top of world leaders’ agendas at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. The premier of the country Dr Ewart Brown is meeting with other small island nations ahead of his visit to the summit this Friday.