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Woah... tourism is responsible for _8%_ of global GHG emissions. That's an immense amount!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0141-x.epdf?sharing_token=r2ex9bFr2d53tdfgSCug39RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0OWchRe3LnakvyDKR-guL4qloEQgdwp_vyK5UVXF3yYT5QciXdcnQ3jNr0zcbijyy1sOxkgkJL5M78gNzJLZNMeCq7zcA__ipxzJ88d7Az0K3TjMKluXCbr5Uon8_TZJmiGcEwooLkEIqc2qsrvqHTEl03zNJHnwDHg8ES4XSd8uaQeZwWXoFAQ3dueqwTDlMwLEJ--rQbwrfpizJP_Hs7jP-rxbyJdQNnrqWtS2JFost8jyrqdTWfU2xaRWGpxRxFV28stvgIj1wCkz5UJBjQpN7pwiF0FPd7kBsoOWJT7lHrRvNdU57cGIBL_DRhIu1I%3D&tracking_referrer=www.theguardian.com

I'm lucky to have virtually no interest in travelling for recreation, but that's a very minority attitude. Most people in the UK, at least, seem to think they've a fundamental right to spend two weeks irradiation themselves on a beach every year. They're really not going to want to hear the message that it has to stop.

Via https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/sep/06/flight-shame-climate-impact-tourism-boom-covid-environment-net-zero

#ClimateCrisis #flightShame #globalWarming #tourism