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CNN: ‘It’s time to limit how often we can travel abroad – ‘Carbon Passports’ may be the answer’ – ‘Drastic changes to our travel habits are inevitable’ – Suggests restrictions will be ‘forced’ upon public

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.

UN climate summit serving burgers, BBQ as it calls for US to stop eating meat – Offerings include ‘juicy beef,’ ‘slabs of succulent meat,’ smoked wagyu burgers & Philly cheesesteaks

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/un-climate-summit-serving-gourmet-burgers-bbq-calls-americans-stop-eating-meat By Thomas Catenacci Fox News ‘The hypocrisy of the global elites never ceases to amaze,’ GOP Rep Mike Flood tells Fox News Digital The ongoing United Nations COP28 climate summit in Dubai is offering a wide variety of gourmet food options from vendors who serve beef, even as it prepares a report that is expected to […]

All G20 nations are missing climate goals: ‘Not a single G20 country has policies in place that are consistent’ with the UN Paris pact

  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/07/visualised-how-all-of-g20-is-missing-climate-goals-but-some-nations-are-closer-than-others Visualised: how all of G20 is missing climate goals — but some nations are closer than othersAs world leaders gather at Cop28, these charts show how far away the major economies are from their targets. Not a single G20 country has policies in place that are consistent with the Paris agreement’s goal of […]

NYT: U.S. Supports ‘Largely’ Phasing Out Fossil Fuels, John Kerry Says at UN Climate Summit – We have no choice! Kerry: ‘We’ve got to do what the science tells us to do’

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/climate/kerry-cop28-phaseout-fossil-fuels.html There is growing pressure at COP28 to proclaim an end to coal, oil and gas. It’s the most contentious issue at the global climate talks. By Lisa FriedmanReporting from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at her 12th U.N. climate summit Dec. 6, 2023Get it sent to your inbox.John Kerry, President Biden’s special envoy for climate […]

Watch: UN fashion police’s ‘Runway to Net Zero’ event – UN’s keynote speaker says ‘It depends’ when asked if ‘clothing should be limited to 3 new items per person’ to fight climate

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hdhppmpmknVBzWTX8DUBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters) – DUBAI, Dec 6 (Climate Depot) – UN COP28 – Climate summit event on December 5, 2023 – “Pathway to Paris goals: Runway to net zero in the fashion industry” December 5, 2023, Dubai interview COP 28: UN fashion police – Watch Marc Morano’s exclusive interview with fashionista Dame Ellen MacArthur.  […]

UN delegates circulate petition to shut down US natural gas production as global climate summit kicks off

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/un-delegates-circulate-petition-shut-down-us-natural-gas-production-global-climate-summit-kicks-off By Thomas Catenacci Fox News Global delegates heading to the annual United Nations climate change summit are circulating a letter calling for the U.S. and other Western nations to immediately ban new natural gas infrastructure projects. According to the letter obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is among the lead architects of the effort in addition […]