CNN Travel: “Holidaymakers should prepare to change their travel habits now, before this change is forced upon them.”
“The negative impacts of tourism on the environment have become so severe that some are suggesting drastic changes to our travel habits are inevitable. In a report from 2023 that analyzed the future of sustainable travel, tour operator Intrepid Travel proposed that “carbon passports” will soon become a reality if the tourism industry hopes to survive. …
What is a carbon passport? The idea of a carbon passport centers on each traveler being assigned a yearly carbon allowance that they cannot exceed. These allowances can then “ration” travel. … The average annual carbon footprint for a person in the US is 16 tons – one of the highest rates in the world. In the UK this figure sits at 11.7 tons, still more than five times the figure recommended by the Paris Agreement … the average global carbon footprint needs to drop to under two tons by 2050. This figure equates to around two roundtrip flights between London and New York.
Intrepid Travel’s report predicts that we will see carbon passports in action by 2040. For emission reductions to have any meaningful effect, ticket prices would have to rise by 1.4% each year, discouraging some people from flying. …
Some European countries are beginning to take measures to reduce air travel. As of April 1, 2023, passengers on short-haul flights and older aircraft in Belgium have been subject to increased taxes to encourage alternative forms of travel.
Less than two months later, France banned short-haul domestic flights where the same trip can be made by train in two-and-a-half hours or less. Spain is expected to follow suit.
A similar scheme could also be on the horizon for Germany. In 2021, a YouGov poll found that 70% of Germans would support such measures to fight climate change if alternative transport routes like trains or ships were available.
An investigation by the European Federation for Transport and Environment in 2023 found that cruise ships pump four times as many sulphuric gases
Holidaymakers should prepare to change their travel habits now, before this change is forced upon them.
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Yahoo Finance: Could a ‘carbon passport’ be introduced for holidaymakers? – A carbon passport, as envisioned by Intrepid Travel, would be a passport that assigns each traveller an annual carbon footprint, which they cannot surpass.“By 2040, we can expect to see limitations imposed on the amount of travel that is permitted each year.” They added: “By 2040, it will be unusual to see members of Generation Alpha without a carbon-footprint tracker on their smartphones. Every Uber ride, plane journey, and trip to the supermarket will be logged in their devices, noting their carbon footprint in real time.”
Related:
September 29, 2023
Great Reset By Marc Morano – Chapter 12 Excerpt: ‘COVID Lockdowns Morph to Climate Lockdowns’
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/carbon-passports-explainer/index.html
By Ross Bennett-Cook
The summer of 2023 was very significant for the travel industry. By the end of July, international tourist arrivals globally reached 84% of pre-pandemic levels. In some European countries, such as France, Denmark and Ireland, tourism demand even surpassed its pre-pandemic level.
This may be great news economically, but there’s concern that a return to the status quo is already showing dire environmental and social consequences.
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Tourism is part of the problem. The tourism sector generates around one-tenth of the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving the climate crisis.
The negative impacts of tourism on the environment have become so severe that some are suggesting drastic changes to our travel habits are inevitable. In a report from 2023 that analyzed the future of sustainable travel, tour operator Intrepid Travel proposed that “carbon passports” will soon become a reality if the tourism industry hopes to survive.
What is a carbon passport?
The idea of a carbon passport centers on each traveler being assigned a yearly carbon allowance that they cannot exceed. These allowances can then “ration” travel.
This concept may seem extreme. But the idea of personal carbon allowances is not new. A similar concept (called “personal carbon trading”) was discussed by UK Parliament in 2008, before being shut down because of to its perceived complexity and the possibility of public resistance.
The average annual carbon footprint for a person in the US is 16 tons – one of the highest rates in the world. In the UK this figure sits at 11.7 tons, still more than five times the figure recommended by the Paris Agreement to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.
Globally, the average annual carbon footprint of a person is closer to 4 tons. But, to have the best chance of preventing temperature rise from overshooting 2 Celsius, the average global carbon footprint needs to drop to under two tons by 2050. This figure equates to around two roundtrip flights between London and New York.
Intrepid Travel’s report predicts that we will see carbon passports in action by 2040. However, several laws and restrictions have been put in place over the past year that suggest our travel habits may already be on the verge of change.
Targeting air travel
Between 2013 and 2018, the amount of CO₂ emitted by commercial aircraft worldwide increased by 32%. Improvements in fuel efficiency are slowly reducing per passenger emissions. But research from 2014 found that whatever the industry’s efforts to reduce its carbon emissions, they will be outweighed by the growth in air traffic.
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Some European countries are beginning to take measures to reduce air travel. As of April 1, 2023, passengers on short-haul flights and older aircraft in Belgium have been subject to increased taxes to encourage alternative forms of travel.
Less than two months later, France banned short-haul domestic flights where the same trip can be made by train in two-and-a-half hours or less. Spain is expected to follow suit.
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Cruises and carbon
It’s not just air travel that’s being criticized. An investigation by the European Federation for Transport and Environment in 2023 found that cruise ships pump four times as many sulphuric gases (which are proven to cause acid rain and several respiratory conditions) into the atmosphere than all of Europe’s 291 million cars combined.
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Whatever the solution may be, changes to our travel habits look inevitable. Destinations across the globe, from Barcelona to the Italian riveria and even Mount Everest are already calling for limits on tourist numbers as they struggle to cope with crowds and pollution.
Holidaymakers should prepare to change their travel habits now, before this change is forced upon them.
Ross Bennett-Cook is a visiting lecturer, School of Architecture + Cities, University of Westminster
Yahoo Finance: Could a ‘carbon passport’ be introduced for holidaymakers? – A carbon passport, as envisioned by Intrepid Travel, would be a passport that assigns each traveller an annual carbon footprint, which they cannot surpass.
“By 2040, we can expect to see limitations imposed on the amount of travel that is permitted each year.” They added: “By 2040, it will be unusual to see members of Generation Alpha without a carbon-footprint tracker on their smartphones. Every Uber ride, plane journey, and trip to the supermarket will be logged in their devices, noting their carbon footprint in real time.”
Business Insider magazine: Could ‘carbon passports’ that limit how much we travel be in our future?
Related:
September 29, 2023
Great Reset By Marc Morano – Chapter 12 Excerpt: ‘COVID Lockdowns Morph to Climate Lockdowns’
Dear Citizen 1138, we regret to inform you that your request to travel has been denied as you have reached the limit of your carbon allowance for this period. pic.twitter.com/qJ6B8YPC7X
— m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) December 7, 2023
Let’s substitute carbon passports for all diplomatic passports,
Let me fix that…
Intrepid Travel’s report predicts that we will see carbon passports in action by 2040. For emission reductions to have any meaningful effect, ticket prices would have to rise by 1.4% each year, discouraging
somePOOR people from flyingIt adds new meaning to the terms “airplane mode” and “Faraday cage”.
Digital payments will do the trick. You are now 100% controllable.
Get rid of “air miles” programs and frivolous flying will drop by a huge amount.
Two trips a year…Davos and COPs…just enough to keep the fat cat climate hypocrites happy
How should this be named: Asinine Earth-Saving Proposal No. 79? or is the number much higher?
As the great GC said
Let’s call it Nazism/Stalinism .
Or Nipitism… find some that makes The People happy and NipIt in the bud
… change their travel habits now, before this change is forced upon them.”
Hey, CNN, many of these countries are democracies. You sure the change won’t be forced upon these ‘leaders’ in the form of voting them out on their bottoms?
Or are these proposed changes coming from unelected bodies who are eager to try on their dictator hats? How long would you expect such conspiracies to survive when their national ‘subjects’ cut off their comfortable allowances, starting with air travel?
We already are ruled by unelected bodies. Your vote will not change anything. You really think Biden has any power?
EPA,ECB,IMF,UN, Federal Reserve, European Commission etc etc
Here in the US we live under a Bureaucratic Hegemony. It’s what eventually killed the Soviet Union – the Soviet bureaucracy simply couldn’t make things work for the people. The US has the *exact* same problem today.
A Bureaucratic Hegemony is a living thing and thus its main goal is to survive and grow – and it grows by feeding on the people. Sooner or later it’s like a herd of deer that keeps growing because of a lack of predators – it overeats the environment and eventually sees a die-off from starvation and disease.
That’s where the US is today – the first stages of a die-off. The strong (i.e. the rich) will survive through the law of the jungle – the rest (the poor) will get eaten.
That’s because Biden is, as you say, trying to make things work for the people…instead of allowing The People to make things work for themselves
“Hey, CNN, many of these countries are democracies. You sure the change won’t be forced upon these ‘leaders’ in the form of voting them out on their bottoms? ”
Yeah, I think voting the bums out is much more likely.
These climate alarmists are talking about doing this by the year 2040. They should refrain from predicting the future of Net Zero, and their anti-CO2 agenda until 2025. Big changes in their climate change/CO2 plans may be in the offing come 2025.
Yet another regressive proposal from the green left. Travel would become more expensive and only the higher earners could afford to travel at all. Idiots !
According to Pew Research, 67% of Republicans under 30 support the “Climate Change” agenda, 42 percent of Republicans overall support it, and 90 percent of Democrats support it.
The brainwashing has been quite inclusive.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/09/what-the-data-says-about-americans-views-of-climate-change/
And traditionally they also agree with things like Mom’s apple pie, motherhood, and Aunt Jemima maple syrup.
When you ask them how much they would like their taxes to go up at the same time then the sentiment changes.
Every pollster knows they can get the desired answer by framing the question in the right way.
I have the same reaction to carbon passports as I did to the AOC/Markey Green New Deal—a fascist socialism designed by retarded schoolboys.
Both from Wokeachusetts- as I keep saying- it’s the epicenter of the climate lunacy. Imagine living here where 100% of politicians, media, academia and even most businesses all sing the same opera! This state has always thought of itself as the intellectual capital of America- what with Hah-vid and MIT.
Good grief, they really do want to control every aspect of your life.
“Good grief, they really do want to control every aspect of your life.”
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A century ago a well known German Politician wrote a book about what he planned to do. Most people didn’t believe him. They should have. I tell my favorite liberal, “They really do want to shut down all the power plants.” I never get a coherent response.
They already do. And it started a long time ago. What do you think Direct Taxation is?
I am against anything that gives the government more power or authority over me. I think we could cut down on a lot of travel if we only made each passenger pay his/her own way, I’m especially thinking of politicians, bureaucrats, administrators and all of their staff and employees.
As long as we start with the politicians, the NGO’s, the alarmists and the media.
Let’s not start. Then it won’t have to be undone.
Proposing it start with them would ensure it would never start. A Just Stop oil protester in the UK in court was given a next court attendance date, she asked for it to be changed as she was flying to India at the same time. Appeal for new date was rejected. They have no self awareness and a bit of reality bites.
If CNN wants to help the world it should close up and send all employees home.
Next, auction all that belongs to the company and turn the proceeds over to me.
I will spend it wisely — promise. 🙂
More fascist bullshit! C’mon CNN step up and donate $100,000 per seat for each employee flight; Brandon and comrades can buy more Chinese solar panels!
Fascist/Nazi/Communist it is all the same Big Brother sh.t.
Take away tourist travel and many small nations don’t have much income left. And tourism is no insignificant part of even some larger first world countries like UK, France, Spain etc etc. so now there will be minimal industry, mainly only bugs for food, unreliable grids and no vacation getaways- wonderful, can’t wait.
Oh yea one more thing- f these people.
Punished just for existing – based on the most contrived garbage science there could ever be.
Do we remember the recent whistleblower story from the (German?) insurance company = cars that record and report your every move. Basically what’s happening in London with congestion charges and ULEZ, and now 15 minute cities but using (primitive) cameras using face and number-plate recognition.
It’s all coming much sooner than 2040
Thank you ‘Good Men’
Thank you for sitting on your hands and saying nothing these last 30+ years
We have been living in a Big Brother world much longer than we think. The problem is they now have the technology to close the net.
We better figure out how to wiggle out of this net.
I can think of one way.
Just who the hell is “good men” supposed to be?
The tourism sector generates around one-tenth of the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving the climate crisis.The negative impacts of tourism on the environment have become so severe that some are suggesting drastic changes to our travel habits are inevitable.
Driving the climate crisis? What would be an example of this crisis? Negative impacts so severe? Name one.
Of course it won’t stop with air travel or cruise ships. Literally every product on earth has a perceptual carbon footprint, from a bar of soap to a bottle of scotch. Bogus CO2 figures will be assigned to each product and added to the retail prices, just like VAT or sales tax. People will quickly come to accept them just as they do income and property taxes. They’ll be justified by the cost of CO2 abatement.
The real crisis isn’t the climate. It’s the response of entities to the possibilities for wealth and power by general acceptance of a crisis. The outrage against academia’s embrace of the behavior of Hamas is nothing compared to their perpetuation of the myth of the climate crisis. This is a close cousin to Lysenkoism and must be recognized as such.
There is a BIG difference between Direct Taxation (income and property taxes) or Indirect Taxation (VAT or sales taxes) . It is the difference between or Slavery or Freedom.
Exactly! I don’t like any of it, but give me the ‘choice’.
“Driving the climate crisis? What would be an example of this crisis? Negative impacts so severe? Name one.”
Good questions.
These people are delusional. And they don’t have an answer to those questions.
No point in preventing the Maldives from being inundated then.
“What is a carbon passport? The idea of a carbon passport centers on each traveler being assigned a yearly carbon allowance that they cannot exceed”
Good. Maybe that will limit how many Californians can invade my state. But Denver is already a sanctuary city, so it’s probably too late…
The frightening part – well it’s all frightening so the really really frightening part – is that the carbon allowance won’t be the same for everyone. If it was the same for everyone, then the first people affected would be COP delegates. No, the allowance will be based on how important a person is. COP delegates get unlimited allowances, ordinary citizens get enough to live and to travel from their 15-minute city once in a lifetime, and climate sceptics get zero. That’s not zero travel, that’s zero as in no food, no clothes, and most importantly, no pitchforks, tar or feathers. So climate sceptics need to stock up on those essential items right now. You never know when they will be needed, but they will be needed soon!
All people are equal but some are more equal than others, to paraphrase George Orwell’s Animal Farm
I’m not much of a ‘pitchfork’ sort of person; I much prefer a nice, stout billhook, great for clearing brush and other difficult problems.
“…before this change is forced upon them.”
This is a typical faculty lounge/editorial board/bureaucrat wet dream. As with most of their schemes, they do not see the obvious, unintended consequences. Also note the use of the pronoun “them”, which author clearly believes does not include him.
Heh. THX1138. Well I got the George Lucas reference, anyway.
LUH could not be reached for comment.
But of course, this will only affect commercial airlines. Private aircraft will be exempt, as will be the government officials.
Now watch countries, like the Maldives, that rely on tourism start to panic.
Ever notice that the crazier your weird uncle’s conspiracy theory is, the crazier his solution is? In a better world these climate kooks would be relegated to calling in to late-night radio shows to spin their wild stories. In our world, low-IQ lefties cluster in media with big megaphones to amplify stupid ideas that the proletariat instinctively knows is nonsense, but being barraged with it incessantly nudges people leftward unless they are resolute and determined against its enslaving, deadly philosophy.
And the far-left like to pretend they are not totalitarian marxist/fascist wannabes
Go figure !!
Do my eyes deceive me? Or is this yet another claim dismissed as ‘conspiracy theory’ emerging as a reality?
Do credits rollover so I can save ten years for a round the world trip by private jet?
Can I leave unused credits to somebody in my will?
As I’ll be using an EV and Ferries will be electric can I drive to Ibiza for my summer in the sun?
There will be a new agency set up to deal with all those details.
You can rest assured they will have your best interests in mind. After all, they are saving the world from the deadly CO2.
Don’t forget the $10,000 fine for leaving your 15 minute non-city.
Holidaymakers should prepare to change their travel habits now, before this change is forced upon them.
That makes no sense. If people think that they are going to be forced to travel less in the future, the rational thing to do is to travel as much as you can before they are limited.
It makes about as much sense as imposing a tax on CO2. In other words, none at all.
CO2-phobes should seek counseling at WUWT.
I can’t suggest seeking CO2 counseling at the usual place, a psychologist’s office, because that may do more harm than good if the psychologist is as delusional about CO2 as the patient. Then it’s “the blind leading the blind”.
All this ridiculousness over CO2!
There is no evidence CO2 is anything other than a benign gas, essential for life on Earth.
That doesn’t stop delusional people from trying to limit CO2 in every way possible. All for nothing.
We are living in a mental institution and the inmates are running the show.
Human emissions were cut by 6%, according to the International Energy Agency, during the start of the pandemics when there were lockdowns and so forth.
That didn’t change the growth in atmospheric CO2 at all.
That is a natural experiment that shows that it isn’t human emissions that are causing the increases in CO2.
Tourism is the major economy for many parts of the world. Slashing it will hurt many- especially low income people working in the trade.
Don’t forget Carbon Indulgences. They will be available in set tons of “carbon,” corresponding to specific amounts UN Digital Credits, or, for those who have Officially Favored Social Credits.
Perhaps the Maldives can slow down their tourist airport building campaign first.
If it applies to everyone equally, I just might support it. I wonder how the elite global warming crowd (i.e. Al Gore, John Kerry, et.al.) could endure without jetting around the world?
I agree, all who identify as “journalists” should be forbidden to travel other than by walking, same for all leftist politicians and “billionaires”. Climate catastrophe resolved.
I think the first carbon passports issued should be to all the COP meeting delegates. Oh, and disallow the purchase of offsetting carbon credits.
Does this mean the superduperpooper rich and powerful will stop flying 8,000 miles to get a haircut or go shopping in Paris just because or stop attending worthless climate conferences or to go to one of their far away vacation places they own or to make worthless speeches because of their towering ego in their drive in being a planetary savior.
Imagine the massive reduction of emissions they would create in their….. sacrifice for a better world……., naaah that is for us little dinky poopy poo to do the sacrifice while they maintain their high CO2/H20/CH4 emissions lifestyle after all they are pretty……. and petty.
Another idiotic central planning solution to a nonexistent problem. There may be real reasons to limit travel somewhat that have nothing to do with the weather. As an example the yearly private jet tournaments at COP are a complete waste of resources and time generated by a cadre of elites and environmental wing-nuts who are also a complete waste of time. Reducing commuting times and trips by better work and urban design could be a big boost to quality of life and household economics, but I am not advocating for the central planning solution of prescribed 15 minute cities – just more choices available for those who want a more compact and liveable life.
Who owns/is hidden behind but in control.. Intrepid Travel? The examples shown here of these ‘reports’ appear to be from our favorite progressive news sources… planned ‘mass psychosis’?
Anyone else remember when suggesting something like this would happen would get you labeled as a conspiracy theorist?
Travel aBroad? Is that how the kids are referring to a trip to a house of ill repute these daze?
How about the super-rich show us they can live like this, with no buying credits, for a couple years first.