Climate Hub

Welcome to Skift’s Climate Hub, where solutions-based journalism cuts through industry spin to spotlight real progress in travel sustainability. In partnership with Intrepid Travel, Skift’s editorial team will evaluate environmental claims, highlight meaningful advancements, and hold the travel sector accountable. This independent initiative brings rigorous reporting to the forefront and pushes the industry to meet the moment in the face of growing scrutiny from travelers and stakeholders alike.

Meetings

Meeting Planners See Beyond Just Optics on Environment and Overtourism

Planners are starting to embrace their role in addressing climate change — and are moving beyond just surface efforts to preserve the environment and local communities. This trend is an important one, and hopefully continues to pick up speed.

Isaac Carey | 5 years ago

Tourism

Costa Rica Offers Meeting Attendees a Natural Opportunity for Personal and Professional Development

Costa Rica has all of the practical necessities and infrastructure in place that meeting planners need. But it also offers a unique geography and biodiversity that provides attendees with next-level transformational experiences.

Visit Costa Rica + Skift | 5 years ago

IATA CEO Wants Help, Not New Taxes, in Bid to Cut Airline Emissions

If governments are serious about reducing the environmental impact of aviation, they may have to make biofuels a more attractive alternative. However, this might come at the cost of taxing ordinary jet fuel, something that will likely upset a lot of airlines.

Patrick Whyte | 5 years ago

Airlines

EasyJet CEO Calls Out Legacy Rivals in Battle Over Airline Emissions

The growth of low-cost carriers has helped make travel more accessible but it has come at an environmental cost. Airlines like EasyJet are hoping that electric technology will one day act as a savior, but it's hard to imagine battery-powered commercial jets ever flying across the Atlantic.

Patrick Whyte | 5 years ago

Online Travel

Prince Harry Launches Sustainable Travel Initiative With TripAdvisor, Booking.com

Prince Harry is now applying his environmental activism to the industry of travel. While the efficacy of this initiative won't be determined for a long time yet, he's certainly succeeded in getting some big names on board.

Rosie Spinks | 5 years ago

Tourism

Skift Global Forum Preview: How Costa Rica Is Staying Ahead of the Pack on Sustainability

Costa Rica has long been associated with ecotourism. But now that the rest of the world is catching up, it is still intent on meeting the challenge of sustainability in newly innovative and ambitious ways.

Rosie Spinks | 5 years ago

SAS Airbus A320 landing at London Heathrow

Airlines

Scandinavian Airlines CEO Warns Airlines to Get Real Over Environment

Businesses invariably hate regulation, but sometimes it takes threats and fines to help change things for the better. Would airlines really be pushing their green credentials if consumers, governments, and the media weren't asking difficult questions?

Patrick Whyte | 5 years ago

Business Travel

Travel Advisors See Little Backlash From Carnival’s Pollution Fine

There hasn’t been much backlash after Carnival Corp. copped a guilty plea and a $20 million fine for polluting the ocean, but some smaller cruise operators are pushing their green credentials in the hope of differentiating themselves.

Allan Leibowitz | 5 years ago

Airlines

Carbon Offsets Mask Aviation Industry’s Lack of Green Alternatives

Carbon offsetting is by and large a con. The idea that rather than reducing environmentally harmful activities you can simply outsource the solution is ridiculous.

Patrick Whyte | 5 years ago

Tourism

Thailand Tourism Body Needs More Than Marketing Prowess as It Turns 60

It’s one of the most astute destination marketers around, but the Tourism Authority of Thailand is facing a different test of skills as it turns 60 years old next year. Will it be as artful in developing “responsible tourism” for the kingdom?

Raini Hamdi | 5 years ago