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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

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With that in mind, Smith co-founded Tourism Declares Climate Emergency to unite tour operators, DMCs, hotels, and every type of business in the travel industry to do its part to cut carbon emissions. We may go and stay in a massive hotel, but we go and have dinner at the tiny, neighborhood restaurant. … degrees of warming,” Smith said.

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Measuring an Event’s Carbon Footprint — It’s All in the Details

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The Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, launched in late 2021 during the UN Climate Change Conference, signaled a commitment by tourism industry organizations to slash carbon emissions in half by 2030 and achieve net zero before 2050. In other words, is it a three-star hotel or a five-star hotel? Is it a resort?