Sustainability, Outdoor, Tourism, and Adventures

  As recalled , reconciling the different needs of generating more travelers to grow with the reduction of the impact of travel is extremely complicated. While many travelers are committed to travel options that are as green as possible, e.g. by rail rather than by plane where possible, it is too early to expect each and every tourist to behave so. The constant negotiation between conflicting priorities extends to the entire sustainability framework of the tourism industry and fosters heated debates and vibrant researches. There are a series of guidelines, which spans from cleaner transportations to the carbon emission measurement apps. Awareness is the building block in environmental issues. Once we are all aware of our own impact, we are in the position to better chose. Green choices are out there: products certified for reduced impacts, projects that systematically associate the consumption of a resource with its regeneration through planting, use of renewable energy, en...

 Ciao!   Here we are back with WTO! Check previous posts for more info. Today's topic is WTO's commitment to fight climate change. Hope you like it.  In the WTO analysis, tourism contributes to climate change in several ways. A generic estimate shows that tourism is responsible for 5% of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, and consequently, based on the radiative forcing, 4.5% of global warming. Within the tourism sector, the black jersey belongs to transport, which is responsible for 75% of all emissions. This is an aggregated data and includes the planes, trains, wheel transport. Disaggregating the data, flights are the most polluting (from 54 to 75%), therefore 40% of the total tourism carbon footprint, while road and rail transport is around 13%. Second to the transport sector, the hospitality sector is the most polluting. Accommodation for tourism purposes whether in hotels or in other forms causes 20% of emissions. The figure includes air conditioning, heatin...