Category: Climate Change

With the Arctic warming three times faster than the rest of the planet, can travel to the region ever be sustainable? Environmentalists say time is running out for the Arctic. Some damage is irreversible, but long-term strategies for sustainable tourism could help to protect this precious region for many generations to come.

Several European countries have announced plans to make domestic flights fossil fuel-free by 2030. However, it is unclear if the technology will be ready, and costs sufficiently low, for the target to be reached. Denmark is aiming for a 70% cut in overall carbon emissions by 2030, compared to 1990 levels.

In this “Good Tourism” Insight, academics Johanna Loehr and Susanne Becken offer an executive summary of “Leverage points to address climate change risk in destinations”, their paper recently published by Tourism Geographies.

High in the Himalayas, Paras Loomba the CEO, and founder of Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) is a social entrepreneur providing clean solar energy and...

The pandemic years have had a profound effect on almost every aspect of society. But during this period, other forces — climate change, social...