Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Julia Eskins, Bloomberg Tourism
The search giant’s new tools for finding sustainable hotels is one of several ways consumers can cut through all the industry greenwashing.
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Fast Company Tourism
From Airbnb and Hipcamp to Delta Airlines and Ennismore hotels, these 10 travel companies found reasons to be optimistic in an unprecedented year for tourism and hospitality.
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Isabelle Durant, World Economic Forum Tourism
We must look beyond the immediate restart of tourism – this crisis is an opportunity to rethink tourism policies and management.
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Timothy Reuter & David Hyde, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Tourism
The path to zero emissions for the aviation sector by 2050 requires a combination of solutions where new propulsion and fuel technologies will play a major role.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Tourism
This week's speaker blog for World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific, by Angelique Pouponneau, CEO of the Seychelles’ Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust.
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Bill Gates Energy Solutions Tourism
Introducing a new way to invest in clean energy innovation.
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Lauren Uppink, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Tourism
The World Economic Forum’s Clean Skies for Tomorrow initiative created a new certificate system to enable customers to take ownership of their emissions reduction goals.
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World Economic Forum Tourism
The World Ocean Summit heard about the sector’s pathways towards environmental sustainability.
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Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation Tourism
For every dollar governments invested in protected areas and nature-based tourism in 2019, the economic rate of return was at least six times higher, finds World Bank report
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Sadiq Gillani, World Economic Forum Tourism
Rebuilding travel sustainably in the wake of the pandemic has become a priority for the industry.
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Kevin Soubly & Lauren Uppink, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Tourism
Decarbonising aviation is only possible with the support of both international political leadership and public-private collaboration.
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Leda Cunningham & Jim Palardy, The Pew Charitable Trusts Tourism
Journal article, with Pew co-author, suggests how to boost public engagement in conservation research.
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Ahmed Al-Khateeb, World Economic Forum Tourism
Success hinges on international coordination and collaboration across the public and private sectors.
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Business Wire Tourism
66.4% of consumers globally want to have a positive impact on the environment through their daily actions in 2021, according to a new report ‘Top Countries for Sustainable Tourism’, released by global market research company Euromonitor International at ITB Berlin today.
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Tom Ravenscroft, Dezeen Tourism
Foster + Partners aimed to design the hotel with a "light touch, non-damaging approach".
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The Ocean Foundation Tourism
On January 19, 2021, The Ocean Foundation in partnership with Metroeconomica and World Resources Institute of Mexico (WRI) hosted a workshop to present the results of their study “Economic Valuation of the Ecosystem Services of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System”.
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Eliza Northrop and Mario Finch, World Resources Institute Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Here are four areas that offer opportunities for ocean-based climate action in NDCs.
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Lorna Parkes, The Guardian Energy Solutions Tourism
Ambition to become the UK’s first carbon-neutral county, by 2037, looks to reduce the impact of visitors, especially in the Lakes.
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Jeremy Swinfen-Green, Business Reporter Tourism
Tourism is an important part of the world’s economy and supports more than 300 million jobs, but it is often blamed for harming the environment and impacting local communities. It doesn’t have to be like that.
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Emily Beament, Yahoo! Finance Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Restoring the UK’s seas from their damaged state could give a £50 billion boost to the economy, create thousands of new jobs and help the climate crisis, a report says.
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