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Blistering heat is ravaging tourism hotspots. Can the industry reinvent itself?

Corporate Knights

Tourism is projected to make up nearly 12% of the global economy by 2033, but it is also poised to consume a troubling 40% of the world’s remaining 1.5°C year-on-year between January and March, and tourist hotspots like Mykonos were overrun with cruise ship visitors this summer. to cruise ships docking at its ports.

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Closing the Loop: Rethinking Operations, the Economy To Save the Planet

3BL Media

95 percent of this comes from the manufacturing processes, including the extraction of raw materials and shipping.” Redirecting food out of the “cowboy” economy (landfills or incinerators) and into the “spaceman” economy transforms food waste from a terrible GHG generator to a decarbonization and regenerative-agriculture weapon.

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COP26 Live Blog: All in for 1.5ºC

We Mean Business Coalition

And over additional 40 businesses have signed the World Green Building Council’s commitment to decarbonize the built environment across their portfolios and business activities. C is a campaign led by the Science Based Targets initiative in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the We Mean Business coalition. .

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