{"id":15720,"date":"2016-12-02T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T23:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=15720"},"modified":"2016-12-13T16:21:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T15:21:04","slug":"best-of-tourism-and-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/12\/best-of-tourism-and-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Travindy’s top stories of the year. #2: tourism and climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

1: Carbon labels fail to communicate persuasively, says new report<\/h2>\n

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W<\/span>hen was the last time you offset your carbon emissions? This may well be because the carbon labels fail to communicate.\u00a0Research from Stefan G\u00f6ssling and Ralf Buckley<\/a>\u00a0shows that carbon labels suffer from shortcomings in the presentation of information, and explain how such shortcomings can be overcome.<\/p>\n

Results indicate that even if tourists care about their climate change impacts, carbon labels are currently ineffective because of deficiencies in communications.<\/p>\n

Labels do not provide information that individuals can understand. Factual knowledge is primarily kg CO2 or CO2-e, per person or per unit distance\/ consumption, with rankings and colour-coded infographics. Fewer labels provide information to compare performance against similar products, and even fewer explain the effectiveness of the saving, i.e. the actual savings or impact avoided.<\/p>\n

Read the\u00a0full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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2: Coral reefs facing warming waters, increased bleaching<\/h2>\n

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A<\/span> new NOAA outlook shows that many coral reefs across around the world will likely be exposed to higher-than-normal sea temperatures for an unprecedented third year in a row, leading to increased bleaching \u2013 and with no signs of stopping.<\/p>\n

This third global coral bleaching event began in mid-2014 is ongoing. Global warming, coupled with an intense El Nino, continues to make this the longest<\/a> and most widespread coral bleaching event on record. Since its onset, all U.S. coral reefs have seen above normal temperatures and more than 70 percent of them have been exposed to the prolonged high temperatures that can cause bleaching. Studies have shown that about 93 percent of Australia\u2019s Great Barrier Reef was bleached as of this April.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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3: Airbnb partners with Solar City to bring solar energy to home sharing<\/h2>\n

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H<\/span>ome sharing website\u00a0Airbnb<\/a>\u00a0has launched a partnership\u00a0with leading US solar power provider\u00a0SolarCity Corp<\/a>\u00a0that seeks to\u00a0connect Airbnb hosts and guests with an affordable and sustainable way to power their homes with solar energy.\u00a0Through the\u00a0partnership<\/a>, SolarCity will offer members of the Airbnb community a rebate \u2013 up to $1,000 cash back \u2013 on all solar panel systems. The rebate is available to Airbnb members in each market where SolarCity currently operates, and homeowners can choose the solar option that works for their homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 1998 we have had 15 of the 16 hottest years recorded and climate change is changing the way we make decisions \u2013 everyone is thinking about making better use of what we have,\u201d said Chris Lehane, Airbnb\u2019s Head of Global Public Policy & Communications. \u201cTravelers, especially millennials, want a more sustainable choice and homeowners want to make better use of the 13 million empty houses and 36 million empty bedrooms in the United States alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the\u00a0full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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4: E-toolkit launched to help hotels reach nearly zero-energy consumption<\/h2>\n