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

1/ #Climate: Wow! Never liked #offsetting (undermines #emissions reduction) but this is big: >90% #rainforest #carbon #offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe #co2 #sdg13

2/ Climate/#Community: The local perspective: ‘Nowhere else to go’: forest #communities of Alto Mayo, #Peru, at centre of #offsetting row https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/forest-communities-alto-mayo-peru-carbon-offsetting-aoe #deforestation #offset #carbon

3/ Climate: #Greenwashing or #netzero necessity? Scientists on #carbon #offsetting: can be valuable if already cutting #emissions by >half each decade, now to 2050: #Offsets as additionality https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/greenwashing-or-net-zero-necessity-climate-scientists-on-carbon-offsetting-aoe

4/ Climate: #Trees combat #climatechange directly, by storing #carbon, & indirectly, by cooling areas down, reducing #energy demands. But #Green vision struggles to take root in #Europe #cities: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/jan/16/trees-green-vision-europe-cities #sdg11

5/ #Climate: 'Super-#tippingpoints’ could trigger cascade of #climateaction from #EVs, #plantbased meat & #green fertilisers: crucial knock-on benefits for others inc. #energy & #aviation https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/20/super-tipping-points-climate-electric-cars-meat-emissions

6/ #Communities: ‘It’s becoming a war zone’: #Tanzania’s #Maasai speak out on ‘forced’ removals https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jan/16/tanzania-maasai-speak-out-on-forced-removals #water#sdg6 #health #wellbeing #sdg3 #conservation #sdg15 #lifeonland #community #sdg9 #kenya #Serengeti #humanrights #Ngorongoro #school #sdg4 #education?

7/ Communities /Climate /Conservation: #Climatecrisis could be ‘catastrophic’ ‘nail in coffin’ for 1/2 of #languages spoken by end of century due to rising seas: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/16/linguists-language-culture-loss-end-of-century-sea-levels-rise #indigenous ?

8/ #Health: visiting #green spaces deters prescription drug use: -33% for mental health drugs, -36% blood pressure, -26% asthma https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/17/visiting-green-spaces-deters-mental-health-drug-use-researchers-find #nature #biodiversity #wellbeing #sdg3

9/ #Conservation: We helped develop thes research originally in 2020. Most big mainstream #tourism still not better > #Travel Companies Rebuked for #Exploiting #Wildlife for Entertainment https://skift.com/2023/01/18/tour-operators-rebuked-for-exploiting-wildlife-for-entertainment/ #sdg15

10/ #Conservation: How to make #swimwear #sustainable: check the material, wash smart & make it last https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/17/how-to-make-swimwear-sustainable-check-the-material-wash-smart-and-make-it-last #swim #swimming #sdg14 #lifeunderwater #holiday #vacation #sustainablefashion #sustainability