UN Tourism Agency Keeps Climate Change Front-and-Center With Startup Competition
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Once the pandemic is tamed, the travel sector will have to respond to the climate emergency. Startups with expertise in responsible travel need to prepare now for when their moment arrives next year.
While the world grapples with a global pandemic and its fallout, the United Nations tourism agency and its private sector partner Globalia on Wednesday sought to keep climate change and sustainable travel a priority for the travel industry.
Through a competition of startups addressing these issues, the two groups will select winners from more than 1,000 expected entrants after it closes on September 20. The competition was first announced in July.
The update came the same day a report by the World Meteorological Organization found fossil fuel emissions have nearly regained year-ago levels as the world recovers from the pandemic.
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), an advisory
