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"Surging global tourism emissions are driven almost entirely by 20 countries,
and efforts to rein in the trend aren’t working.
That is the main finding of our new research, published in
Nature
Communications today. It represents the most rigorous and comprehensive
analysis of tourism emissions yet conducted.
The study draws together multiple datasets, including those published directly
by 175 governments over 11 years (2009-2020). It uses the United
Nations-endorsed “measurement of sustainable tourism” framework and draws on
tourism expenditure and emissions intensity data from national accounts.
The findings reveal serious challenges ahead, given the wider context. The UN
Environment Programme reports a 42% reduction in current global emissions
overall is needed by 2030 (and 57% by 2035). If not, the Paris Agreement goal
of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees will be lost.
But global tourism emissions have been growing at double the rate of the global
economy. Our study reveals that between 2009 and 2019, emissions increased by
40%, from 3.7 gigatonnes (7.3% of global emissions) in 2009 to 5.2 gigatonnes
(8.8% of global emissions) in 2019.
While global tourism emissions fell dramatically in 2020-2021 due to COVID-19,
the rebound to pre-pandemic levels has been rapid."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
