In this interview, award-winning blogger and marketing specialist, Ursula Petula Barzey, tells Rebecca Waller how the Black Travel Alliance came about and what urgently needs to change in order for travel industry to become more reflective of society at large. Ursula shares the key findings of the BTA’s #PullUpForTravel campaign and the alliance’s plans to conduct a global Black traveller study.
New research published in the journal of Global Environmental Change suggests that a few ‘super emitters’ are responsible for half of global aviation emissions. The analysis draws together data to give the clearest global picture of the impact of frequent fliers, who have a big impact on the climate crisis that affects everyone. The researchers estimated the cost of the climate damage caused by aviation’s emissions at $100bn in 2018.
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.
ABTA’s latest report takes a wide-ranging look at the impacts of travel and tourism, both positive and negative, and proposes a framework to guide its own activities as well as action points for the wider the travel industry and policymakers. The report includes many helpful examples of best practice across the sector.
Prepared in collaboration with more than 30 leading tourism organisations, researchers, and institutions, The Case for Responsible Travel: Trends & Statistics 2020 shares key studies on COVID-19 and climate change and what lessons may be applied from the pandemic to meet the challenges of the climate crisis.
