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> The World Travel & Tourism Council reports that the travel industry generates between 8% to 11% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions—much of which comes fr
by CGamesPlay 3y ago
> The World Travel & Tourism Council reports that the travel industry generates between 8% to 11% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions—much of which comes from transport and a lot of that, from aviation.
Does anyone know what actual percentage of the total this represents? From the article it sounds like "2-3% of the world's green house gas emissions", which is not nothing but not particularly huge either.
- jl6 3y agoThe global total of emissions is made up of a lot of things that are not particularly huge on their own. It all adds up, and everything needs to be tackled.
- ZeroGravitas 3y agohttps://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/09/Emissions-by-sector-%E2%80%93-pie-charts.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/09/Emissions-by-sect... Though since aviation is generally seen as hard to decarbonise, and likely to grow, it is usually estimated to account for a growing fraction of total GHG over time.
- spaceman_2020 3y agoThis doesn't sound like a whole lot, considering that the travel industry is one of the largest employers in most countries and a substantial part of most economies.