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The Pandemic's Green Shoots: Travel Weekly 5/21/2021 Focus on Sustainability: The pandemic's green shoots: Travel Weekly Advertisement THE PANDEMIC'S GREEN SHOOTS Even as it sidelined travel worldwide, the Covid crisis also helped sharpen the industry’s focus on sustainability. BY THE TRAVEL WEEKLY STAFF APRIL 19, 2021 TW illustration by Jenn Martins he heAd of the EuropeAn TrAvel Commission mAy hAve summed it up best when he sAid recently thAt the pAndemic spAwned A revolution thAt hAs unied the trAvel industry to build bAck better. T“While it wAs not humAn-mAde, it wAs imposed upon everyone equAlly, rich And poor, north And south,” EduArdo SAntAnder sAid. “And As hArd As this hAs been, it will help us creAte A much more resilient, much more sustAinAble, much more forwArd-looking industry in the future.” Indeed, more thAn A yeAr into the pAndemic, it AppeArs the Covid-19 shutdown of most internAtionAl trAvel hAs AdvAnced A number of sustAinAbility initiAtives. The most obvious (And most written-About) impAct hAs been thAt it pressed “pAuse” on populAr destinAtions like ItAly, HAwAii And AmsterdAm, enAbling them to develop more eective And community-focused wAys to mAnAge overtourism. But from food wAste to cArbon reduction, it hAs Also served — both by design And chAnce — to speed up progress on sustAinAbility-relAted issues Across the entire globAl tourism ecosystem. https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Focus-on-Sustainability-The-pandemics-green-shoot 1/7 5/21/2021 Focus on Sustainability: The pandemic's green shoots: Travel Weekly Coalition on travel sustainability grows to 500 strong mong the most notAble beneciAl side eects of trAvel’s pArtiAl pAuse mAy be the momentum it hAs creAted to bring together A broAd cross- section of compAnies And groups to AdvAnce conversAtions, And initiAtives, Around sustAinAbility. AWhile the movement is fAr from new, the formAtion lAst July of the Future of Tourism CoAlition underscores the eAgerness Among industry plAyers Across the industry to work more closely together on rebuilding tourism better. WhAt stArted with just 22 signAtories is now An AmAlgAm of more thAn 500 compAnies, destinAtions, AcAdemics And policymAkers from Around the globe. “We Are reAlly committed to A multisector ApproAch,” sAid PAulA VlAmings, chief impAct ocer of Tourism CAres, one of the six nonprots leAding the coAlition And the only one whose membership is primArily from the privAte sector. “ThAt’s whAt the trAvel industry didn’t hAve before.” Paula Vlamings, Tourism Cares It hAs Also rAised AwAreness About the scAle of the trAvel And tourism industry, which is one of the world’s biggest employers And drivers of globAl GDP, sAid ShAnnon GuihAn, who oversees sustAinAbility eorts for the TrAvel CorporAtion’s TreAdRight FoundAtion, which wAs Among the originAl signers. Shannon Guihan, The Travel Corporation “I hAzArd to sAy thAt’s A benet, [even though] I would hAve much preferred the pAndemic hAd not hAppened,” she sAid. “However, it hAs reAlly AwAkened destinAtions to the role thAt tourism plAys. Until the world stopped And governments were Able to understAnd whAt An economic vehicle the sector is, I don’t think there wAs A reAlly strong AppreciAtion for thAt.” Bringing together so mAny dierent compAnies And groups under one umbrellA hAs Also given the industry “A seAt At the tAble in interesting conversAtions,” sAid Jeremy SAmpson, CEO of the TrAvel FoundAtion, Also one of the coAlition founders. “In the pAst month, we presented — twice — At the EuropeAn Union PArliAment, for exAmple,” he sAid, noting thAt one of their signAtories is A member of the pArliAment And sits on the body’s tourism committee. “ThAt’s importAnt becAuse we Are trying to get tourism on the policy AgendA.” — Jeri ClAusing https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Focus-on-Sustainability-The-pandemics-green-shoot 2/7 5/21/2021 Focus on Sustainability: The pandemic's green shoots: Travel Weekly Accelerated eorts to make aviation greener hile Jeremy SAmpson, CEO of the TrAvel FoundAtion, sAid the Future of Tourism CoAlition would like to see more involvement from Airlines, the pAndemic hAs nonetheless AdvAnced green commitments by Airlines, AircrAft mAnufActurers And governments Acting on their Wown. FrAnce, in pArticulAr, hAs been A leAder. The French government committed $1.7 billion towArd reseArch of hydrogen-powered AircrAft in its $17 billion Covid-19 rescue pAckAge for the French AerospAce industry lAst yeAr, pArt of A goAl to develop A cArbon neutrAl Airbus A320 replAcement by 2035. The commitment quickly jogged Airbus’ hydrogen eorts. In September, the AircrAft mAnufActurer reveAled its rst design concepts for zero- emission hydrogen commerciAl AircrAft, with entry into service tArgeted for 2035. Airbus has revealed three concepts for hydrogen-powered planes. The aircraft would produce zero emissions. (Courtesy of Airbus) In December, the French government Also turned its Attention to sustAinAble AviAtion fuel (SAF), which emits 80% fewer greenhouse gAses thAn trAditionAl kerosene-bAsed jet fuel, but At present it is estimAted by the EuropeAn Commission to Account for just .05% of All jet fuel consumed within the EU. Beginning next yeAr, FrAnce will require thAt 1% of fuel used by Airlines be SAF, with thAt gure increAsing to 5% by 2030. And the French rule is expected to soon be superseded by An EU requirement thAt could reAch even further. A drAft proposAl to set A 5% tArget for SAF use by 2030 wAs pulled in December becAuse it wAs deemed to be insuciently Ambitious, Reuters reported. “I Am convinced, And not only with AviAtion, thAt mAny of these commitments wouldn’t hAve hAppened without the need to provide bAilouts,” sAid Pedro Piris-CAbezAs, director of sustAinAble internAtionAl trAnsport for the EnvironmentAl Defense Fund. U.S. Airlines hAve Also extended commitments to going green. In lAte MArch, Airlines for AmericA, whose members include the six lArgest U.S. Airlines, committed to reAching net-zero cArbon emissions by 2050. Specic U.S. cArriers Are mAking even more Ambitious promises. Just this month, JetBlue pledged to reAch net-zero by 2040. And in December, United pledged to be 100% “green” by 2050, but without using cArbon osets, which t under the denition of net-zero. In order to help it Achieve thAt goAl, United Announced An investment in cArbon cApture technology, which removes cArbon dioxide from the Atmosphere. “I think thAt the industry understAnds thAt [it] reAlly needs to get engAged,” Piris-CAbezAs sAid. https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Focus-on-Sustainability-The-pandemics-green-shoot 3/7 5/21/2021 Focus on Sustainability: The pandemic's green shoots: Travel Weekly — Robert Silk Cruise companies reemerging with leaner, cleaner eets he pAndemic is Also AccelerAting the move to more environmentAlly friendly cruise ships. For instAnce, CArnivAl Corp., the world’s lArgest cruise compAny, hAs over the pAst yeAr sold 19 of its oldest, leAst ecient ships. Those sold Tinclude four from HollAnd AmericAn Line, including the 1993-lAunched MAAsdAm; CostA Cruises’ NeoRomAnticA, which Also entered service in 1993; And four of CArnivAl Cruise Line’s FAntAsy-clAss ships thAt lAunched stArting in 1990. Arnold DonAld, CArnivAl Corp. CEO, hAs explAined thAt by ridding itself of some of its oldest And smAllest tonnAge And eventuAlly replAcing it with lArger ships with the lAtest energy-sAving technology, “We will emerge with A more ecient eet.” For exAmple, the compAny sAid, CArnivAl Cruise Line’s newest ship, the MArdi GrAs, consumes About 33% less fuel And emits About hAlf As much cArbon per person As one of its FAntAsy-clAss ships. PArt of thAt is simply due to ships being lArger: with scAle, ships generAlly gAin eciency. But the mAin drivers Are vArious energy-ecient technologies thAt hAve been implemented on cruise ships over time, including more ecient hulls And engines, LED lighting And AdvAnced HVAC systems thAt Are more ecient And use smArt AutomAtion. From 2008 through 2019, CArnivAl Corp. reduced by 32% its cumulAtive fuel consumption by focusing on more ecient itinerAries, implementing energy-ecient upgrAdes And implementing energy use AwAreness And trAining. While it cAn’t yet be meAsured, thAt rAte of reduction is expected to AccelerAte stArting this yeAr As it replAces older ships with some of the most AdvAnced vessels At seA, including 10 thAt Are powered by low-cArbon liqueed nAturAl gAs (LNG). CArnivAl Corp.’s AidANovA in 2018 becAme the rst cruise ship to sAil on LNG, followed by the CostA SmerAldA, P&O Cruises’ IonA And the MArdi GrAs, which will be the rst LNG-fueled ship in the North AmericAn mArket when it enters service this yeAr. LNG eliminAtes the emission of soot pArticles And sulfur oxides And emits 25% less greenhouse gAses. Costa Cruises’ Costa Smeralda, the line’s rst ship powered by liqueed natural gas, takes on fuel in Italy. https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Focus-on-Sustainability-The-pandemics-green-shoot 4/7 5/21/2021 Focus on Sustainability: The pandemic's green shoots: Travel Weekly WAlter NAdolny, professor of mArine trAnsportAtion At the StAte University of New York MAritime College, sAid thAt when tAking into Account All of the AdvAnced feAtures on the MArdi GrAs, it is likely twice As ecient As A FAntAsy-clAss ship. “The ship will hAve stAte-of-the-Art environmentAl feAtures thAt the pAssengers will not see,” he sAid. “The engines will be more ecient, in some cAses using LNG As A fuel. The stAck emissions will likely be cut signicAntly. It will hAve A much more modern sewAge treAtment plAnt, resulting in less hArmful dischArges. It will hAve A better system for treAting And holding wAste oil. This is importAnt due to increAsed regulAtions regArding dischArges in AlAskAn wAters, whereby ships need to hold treAted sewAge And bilge wAter for severAl dAys prior to dischArge.
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