‘Tourism responsible for 8.8% of global CO2 emissions in 2019’
RBA measures emissions resulting from residents’ domestic (grey) and outbound travel (blue), while DBA measures emissions from domestic (grey) and inbound tourism activities (green) occurring within a country /nature.com
According to a new study by Nature Communications, tourism turnover almost doubled between 2009 and 2019, representing an annual growth of 5.5 percent. However, this strong growth is accompanied by a carbon footprint of 5.2 gigatons of CO2 equivalent or 8.8 percent of global emissions. The primary d
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