A Sustainable Life: Here are the most effective things you can do to fight climate change
UK scholar MAX CALLAGHAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, draws on the latest UN climate change panel report to see what actions individuals can take to help fight climate change…
COVID tests should play bigger role in international travel – WHO expert
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters COVID tests should be more widely used in international travel than quarantines, the chair of the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee said on Friday. Didier Houssin, chair of the independent panel of experts advising WHO on the COVID-19 pandemic, said it was important for the UN agency to provide fresh guidance on safe […]
Flight shaming hits air travel as ‘Greta effect’ takes off
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation One in five travellers is flying less as “flight shaming” propels travellers to shun air travel for the sake of the planet, according to a survey of 6,000 Western travellers. The survey predicted environmental concerns would keep denting air traffic, as activists such as Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg lead the way and […]
Airlines lack clear flight path to lower carbon emissions: researchers
Thomson Reuters Foundation Some of the world’s largest airlines have yet to set long-term targets to reduce their climate-changing emissions, climate and economic researchers warned this week. Top publicly listed airlines have cut their “emissions intensity” – how much pollution they produce for the same amount of activity – significantly in recent years, said researchers […]