Climate Change News
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.
Call for limit on aircraft emissions
Aviation CO2 emissions should be capped and aviation growth cannot exceed 60% if the government is to hit its targets to limit aviation emissions. All departing and arriving flights in developed countries should be subject to the cap and rail needs to be promoted as an alternative to short-haul flights, according to a report from the Committee on Climate Change.
Climate Witness: Blog Action Day
For many of us, the idea of a changing climate is just that, an idea, something vague, distant and unfortunately irrelevant. For Ursula Rakova, climate change is much more. It is the source of a disrupted life, a community displaced, a paradise lost.
Aviation Presents Aviation Climate Change Plan to the UN
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General and CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, presented the aviation industry’s climate change strategy and targets to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a meeting at the United Nation’s headquarters in New York.
Tough targets and a global sectoral approach
Hong Kong - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) challenged governments to take four specific actions to support the aviation industry’s responsible approach to climate change.
JAL to conduct Asia’s first environmentally efficient ASPIRE flight
Japan Airlines (JAL) will conduct Asia’s first ASPIRE flight on October 10, 2009, as part of a program that seeks to establish industry-wide aviation standards and procedures that can reduce the environmental footprint of air travel.
How the travel industry Will save the world
When approached to become one of the initial contributors to Tnooz I was understandably flattered and naturally began thinking about my first post. What is my agenda for the site, what do I say, what is my voice, my goal, my cause, what will I write about? Those of you who know me well are already aware of what drives my personal ambition as well as my writing: travel, technology and the environment.
Global warming impacts biz travel
There are clear signs that business travel behaviour is beginning to change in response to global warming concerns, a forthcoming study by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives and KDS will reveal.
Green campaign hits air industry hard
A British campaign by environmentalists is using humour and subversion to highlight the massive climate change damage unrestrained air transport expansion will bring.