10 highlights #InTheNews this week re. #sustainable #travel #tourism & #development

1/ #Conservation: #Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970: Human-driven loss of #species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-70-of-animal-populations-wiped-out-since-1970-report-reveals-aoe #lifeonearth 

2/ Conservation: Give legal rights & protection to #animals, #trees & #rivers - essential if countries are to tackle #climate breakdown & #biodiversity loss https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/10/give-legal-rights-to-animals-trees-and-rivers-say-experts? #lifeonland #lifeunderwater 

3/ Conservation: #Ecological #grief: how funerals & rituals are helping mourn the loss of #nature, & associated guilt https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/10/glacier-grief-how-funerals-and-rituals-can-help-us-mourn-the-loss-of-nature-aoe? #sdgs #sdg14 #sdg15

4/ #Climate: #Australia’s biggest #carbon credits generator joins calls for overhaul of #emission #offsets “largely a sham” on taxpayers & #environment: up to 80% not real #emission cuts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/10/greencollar-australia-biggest-carbon-credits-generator-joins-calls-for-overhaul-of-emissions-offsets-scheme? #sdg13

5/ Climate: Read this. Multiple times. & think. & again. & let it not paralyse but spur creativity & action: @GretaThunberg on politicians: Is it the problem caused by all our #emissions or just by the ones they didnt manage to outsource or hide in stats https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/08/greta-thunberg-climate-delusion-greenwashed-out-of-our-senses

6/ Climate: Why is #Africa bearing the brunt of the #climatecrisis? [video] It represents 15% of world population but 4% of #emissions – vs 23% by China & 19% by the US. More than 18m people in the Horn of Africa risk starvation after years of #drought. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2022/oct/06/why-is-africa-bearing-the-brunt-of-the-climate-crisis-video-explainer? 

7/ Climate: We're 'be-ing the change', are you? > #Travel industry warned ‘tackle climate crisis before it’s too late’ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/oct/13/travel-industry-warned-tackle-climate-disaster-before-its-too-late #sdg13 #sdgs #climateaction #tourism4sdgs 

8/ #Booking: 10 ways to roam the world without ruining it (Ask us about where to stay - we know hundreds of top sustainable places to stay from our #EarthChangers little black book not yet on our site!) https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/sustainable-travel/the-ethical-traveller-sustainable-climate-b2152529.html 

9/ #Waste: Against #singleuse #plastic? (Filter) cigarette smoker? You might want to rethink that! > #Smokers blind to devastating #impact of discarded #cigarette butts https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/cigarette-butts-plastic-climate-environment-b2201101.html #smoking #plastics #evironment

10/ #Wildlife: Which is your favourite? Here #leopard & #vervet #monkey > Winners of the 2022 #Nature #Conservancy photo contest https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/oct/11/winners-of-the-2022-nature-conservancy-photo-contest-in-pictures #landscape #seascape