Carbon Footprint of Tourism

Carbon Footprint of Tourism - Sustainable Travel International

How Travel Contributes to the Climate Emergency. Tourism is responsible for roughly 8% of the world's carbon emissions. From plane flights and boat rides to ...

How travel and tourism can reach net zero

There are a variety of estimates as to travel and tourism's impact on carbon emissions, but a recent study puts the industry's impact at 8% of ...

The carbon footprint of global tourism | Nature Climate Change

Tourism contributes significantly to global gross domestic product, and is forecast to grow at an annual 4%, thus outpacing many other ...

Tourism Carbon Emissions: A Systematic Review of Research ...

This paper first identifies the commonly concerned research issues in the tourism carbon emissions field through keyword analysis.

Climate change | New report - UN Tourism

The report provides insights into the evolution of tourism demand across the different global regions up to the year 2030.

Tourism is four times worse for the planet than previously believed

The carbon footprint of global tourism is about four times larger than previously recognized and accounts for about one-twelfth of the world's greenhouse gas ...

This Is How Tourism Must Shift to Actually Address Climate Change

A new report released during COP27 reveals that only one scenario could possibly reduce emissions in time.

Climate Change and Travel: Harmonizing to Abate Impact - PMC

This review aims to identify the climate-sensitive health risks to the traveler and to recognize the role that travel plays in contributing to the detrimental ...

Sustainable Travel: How to Minimize Your Carbon Footprint

Here Are 9 Ways You Can Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Through Sustainable Travel · 1. Consider Your Flight Options · 2. Choose Your Accomadations ...

A review of tourism and climate change mitigation: The scales ...

The paper provides a systematic review of these dimensions and their interrelationships, with a focus on emission inventory comprehensiveness.

Carbon footprint of tourism-related transport worldwide 2005-2030

By 2030 global transport-related CO2 emissions from tourism are predicted to grow by 25 percent from 2016 levels - from 1597 Mt of CO2 to ...

Transforming tourism for climate action | UN Tourism

The tourism sector is highly vulnerable to climate change and at the same time contributes to the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG), one of the causes of ...

How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Travels

A 2018 study found that tourism accounts for 8% of the world's carbon emissions. This webpage provides a breakdown of the different activities ...

Is Travel & Tourism Ready for Mandatory Emissions Reporting?

In 2024, the first wave of tougher mandatory regulation on sustainability disclosure takes effect as new European Union sustainability rules start to compel ...

The Footprint of tourism: a review of Water, Carbon, and Ecological ...

This paper discusses the use of Footprint family indicators in tourism through a review of studies that measure the Water, Carbon, and Ecological Footprint of ...

Tourism responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions ...

Worldwide tourism accounted for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions from 2009 to 2013, new research finds, making the sector a bigger ...

WTTC A Net Zero Roadmap for Travel & Tourism

It is therefore of utmost importance to decarbonise the sector as quickly as possible and reach net zero by 2050. Take Action ...

Take Only Photos, Leave Carbon Footprints: The environmental ...

Transportation, food, and other tourism commodities generate greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change. As global GDP ...

Measurement of Tourism-Related CO2 Emission and the Factors ...

The present study used a life cycle assessment to explore energy use and CO 2 emissions due to tourism and identify the factors driving low-carbon behavior.

Estimation of tourism carbon footprint and carbon capacity

This study estimates the tourism carbon footprint in Heilongjiang Province from 2009 to 2018 by using tourism carbon footprint and tourism carbon capacity ...