During Climate Week NYC 2020, the first annual Regenerative Travel Summit was hosted. This successful virtual event attracted more than 1,800 people and 40 speakers - including including conservation experts, environmental economists and business owners. The aim of the summit was to foster solutions-oriented conversations focused on how we can move beyond sustainability to regeneration. This article looks at the five regenerative solutions that emerged out of the summit.
WTM Virtual has published a white paper looking at what needs to be done to decarbonise aviation right now. The paper is one of the outputs of a virtual symposium bringing together leading scientists. The tourism sector, airlines, airports, aircraft manufacturers, governments and international organisations need to work in co-operation to take immediate action to rethink aviation in order to head off the carbon crisis.
Can a post-vaccine return to travel be smarter and greener than it was before March 2020? Some in the tourism industry are betting on it. In this article from the summer, The New York Times offers a definition for regenerative tourism and looks at some positive developments since the start of the pandemic, including the launch of the Future of Tourism Coalition.
Intrepid Travel has set a science-based emission reduction target in line with a 1.5°C future. Intrepid is one of 529 companies in the world, and the only tour operator, with approved science-based targets from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as the company steps up its fight for a more sustainable future for the travel industry.
The European Commission has declared 2021 to be the European Year of Rail, an idea which will support the delivery of the European Green Deal objectives and its goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. Rail travel will be promoted as a sustainable and safe mode of transport with benefits across the board.
