EMISSIONS FROM THE TOURISM SECTOR CORRESPONDING TO TRANSPORT WILL REPRESENT AROUND 5% BY 2030
Emissions from the tourism sector corresponding to transport will represent 5.3% of total anthropogenic CO2 emissions by 2030, a higher percentage than the 5% calculated in 2016, according to a new pioneering report prepared by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the International Transport Forum (ITF for its acronym [...]
THE WORLD MUST REDUCE EMISSIONS BY 7.6% ANNUALLY IN THE NEXT DECADE TO ACHIEVE THE 1.5ºC GOAL
According to a new UN report, published last November 26, with the current climate commitments, the world is headed for a temperature increase of 3.2ºC by the end of the century. The technologies and policies required to reduce emissions already exist, and must be implemented immediately. Only 5 members of the […]
TEXTILES: THE FOURTH CAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE IN THE EU AFTER FOOD, HOUSING AND TRANSPORT
According to a report published this week by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the consumption of clothing, footwear and home textiles in the European Union (EU) annually amounts to around 1.3 tons of raw materials and more of 100 cubic meters of water per person. A large-scale shift to the economy [...]
TOWARDS CLIMATE NEUTRALITY
The EU will need to update its long-term climate goal in 2020. The Parliament wants to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The European Parliament will vote in the plenary session, from 25 to 28 November, a resolution in which it will urge the EU to set the goal of achieving carbon neutrality [...]
The EU Council will debate the role of agricultural land in capturing CO2
Agriculture ministers will meet next week to discuss the potential to capture atmospheric CO2 through better soil management, as Finland's presidency of the EU Council seeks to advance talks on a long-term climate strategy term of Europe. Finland's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Jari Leppä, has […]
