{"id":50274,"date":"2021-11-17T12:23:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=50274"},"modified":"2021-11-17T12:25:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:25:21","slug":"travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50278\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/s960_Together_for_our_planet_gov.png\" alt=\"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/s960_Together_for_our_planet_gov.png 960w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/s960_Together_for_our_planet_gov-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/s960_Together_for_our_planet_gov-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he travel industry has reached a turning point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As thousands of scientists, government officials and business leaders met in Glasgow over the past two weeks for the pivotal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/30\/climate\/climate-summit-glasgow.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">United Nations climate conference<\/a>, hundreds of members of the trillion-dollar tourism industry came together and made the first commitment toward a shared road map to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030 and reach \u201cnet zero\u201d by 2050.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>More than 300 global travel stakeholders, including tour operators, tourism boards and hotel chains, have signed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwto.org\/event\/cop-26-launch-of-the-glasgow-declaration-a-commitment-to-a-decade-of-climate-action-in-tourism#:~:text=The%20Glasgow%20Declaration%20on%20Climate,soon%20as%20possible%20before%202050.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism,<\/a>\u00a0requiring them to submit a concrete and transparent plan within 12 months. While the details have yet to be put forward, the companies and countries that signed on, from Germany railway company Deutsche Bahn AG to the country of Panama, will be expected to disclose their carbon emissions and offer clear strategies for how to reduce them. The process is being spearheaded by the U.N. World Tourism Organization and the World Travel &amp; Tourism Council, two industry bodies that have previously sparred on climate matters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cThis is undoubtedly the biggest climate commitment our industry has come together for,\u201d said Jeremy Smith, the co-founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourismdeclares.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency<\/a>, an initiative that supports climate action and provided the framework for the Glasgow Declaration.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cOur initiative launched two years ago because the industry had no collective plan, and we did well getting over 400 tourism organizations on board without funding,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the Glasgow Declaration builds on our work. It\u2019s the coming together of major players in our sector and it\u2019s owned by everyone who has signed it, establishing collective responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The travel industry is a large contributor to global carbon emissions, with a footprint estimated between 8 and 11 percent of total greenhouse gases,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/action.wttc.org\/climate-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the World Travel &amp; Tourism Council, or W.T.T.C<\/a>. Aviation alone represents around 17 percent of total travel carbon emissions. Each year, a growing number of destinations and communities heavily dependent on tourism \u2014 countries like Thailand, India and Madagascar \u2014 are hit hard by the impacts of climate change, in the form of rising sea levels, drought, wildfires, deforestation and biodiversity loss.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article by Ceylan Yeginsu, originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/17\/travel\/travel-climate-change.html?\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 300 travel companies, tourism boards and countries have signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, the first step for a shared road map to cut carbon emissions. The declaration has four main targets: measurement; decarbonization; regeneration; and collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":50278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,675,16,130,534,14,141],"tags":[3515],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More than 300 travel companies, tourism boards and countries have signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, the first step for a shared road map to cut carbon emissions. The declaration has four main targets: measurement; decarbonization; regeneration; and collaboration.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More than 300 travel companies, tourism boards and countries have signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, the first step for a shared road map to cut carbon emissions. The declaration has four main targets: measurement; decarbonization; regeneration; and collaboration.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-17T11:23:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-17T11:25:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/s960_Together_for_our_planet_gov.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The New York Times\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb\"},\"headline\":\"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-17T11:23:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-17T11:25:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/\"},\"wordCount\":385,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Climate action\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Climate Change\",\"Corporate Responsibility\",\"Destinations\",\"Environmental issues\",\"News\",\"NGOs and institutions\",\"Tours &amp; activities\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/\",\"name\":\"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-17T11:23:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-17T11:25:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"More than 300 travel companies, tourism boards and countries have signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, the first step for a shared road map to cut carbon emissions. The declaration has four main targets: measurement; decarbonization; regeneration; and collaboration.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"description\":\"sustainable tourism consulting, news and resources\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-travindy-logo-square.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-travindy-logo-square.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Travindy\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travindy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb\",\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e8e24b511c9178e320b9eb2226dadb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e8e24b511c9178e320b9eb2226dadb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Travindy\"},\"description\":\"Travindy is an independent website featuring news and opinion on all issues to do with tourism and sustainability. Written primarily for an industry audience, our aim is to support the transformation of the sector into one that is regenerative, restorative and fully inclusive.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travindy\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/17\/travel\/travel-climate-change.html?\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change","description":"More than 300 travel companies, tourism boards and countries have signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, the first step for a shared road map to cut carbon emissions. The declaration has four main targets: measurement; decarbonization; regeneration; and collaboration.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change","og_description":"More than 300 travel companies, tourism boards and countries have signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, the first step for a shared road map to cut carbon emissions. The declaration has four main targets: measurement; decarbonization; regeneration; and collaboration.","og_url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/","og_site_name":"Travindy","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy","article_published_time":"2021-11-17T11:23:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-17T11:25:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/s960_Together_for_our_planet_gov.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Travindy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@travindy","twitter_site":"@Travindy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The New York Times","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/"},"author":{"name":"Travindy","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb"},"headline":"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change","datePublished":"2021-11-17T11:23:04+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-17T11:25:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/"},"wordCount":385,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Climate action"],"articleSection":["Climate Change","Corporate Responsibility","Destinations","Environmental issues","News","NGOs and institutions","Tours &amp; activities"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/","url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/","name":"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-11-17T11:23:04+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-17T11:25:21+00:00","description":"More than 300 travel companies, tourism boards and countries have signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, the first step for a shared road map to cut carbon emissions. The declaration has four main targets: measurement; decarbonization; regeneration; and collaboration.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/11\/travel-industry-takes-crucial-first-step-toward-combating-climate-change\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Travel industry takes crucial first step toward combating climate change"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/","name":"Travindy","description":"sustainable tourism consulting, news and resources","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Travindy","url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-travindy-logo-square.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-travindy-logo-square.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Travindy"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy","https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travindy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb","name":"Travindy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e8e24b511c9178e320b9eb2226dadb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e8e24b511c9178e320b9eb2226dadb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Travindy"},"description":"Travindy is an independent website featuring news and opinion on all issues to do with tourism and sustainability. Written primarily for an industry audience, our aim is to support the transformation of the sector into one that is regenerative, restorative and fully inclusive.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy","https:\/\/twitter.com\/travindy"],"url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/17\/travel\/travel-climate-change.html?"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50283,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50274\/revisions\/50283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}