Green travel
Green travelA new cobalt-manganese catalyst from the Chinese Academy of Sciences turns wood waste into sustainable aviation fuel at a projected 55% profit margin — a breakthrough for greener flying.
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Green travelMore than 1,000 delegates at the WTTC Global Summit in Malta backed sustainable growth as Europe's tourism sector eyes 3.1% growth in 2026.
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Green travelBonito, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, has launched the Bonito climate action plan for 2025–2030 — presented as Brazil’s first climate action plan for a tourism destination built on a verified emissions inventory, performance indicators and measurable decarbonization targets. The plan was unveiled on October 1, 2026, at ABAV Expo 2026
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Green travelThe Philippines' energy department is pushing for a 1% sustainable aviation fuel blending requirement by 2030, aiming to decarbonize aviation and become a regional SAF hub.
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Green travelThe WTTC's 26th Global Summit opened in Valletta, Malta, with 1,000+ delegates as Europe's tourism sector is forecast to grow 3.1% in 2026.
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Green travelHelsinki has been named the world's most sustainable travel destination in the 2026 GDS-Index, scoring 92.94% and holding first place for the third consecutive year. Gothenburg was second and Copenhagen third, while 89% of destinations improved.
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Green travelEight European cities — from Aalborg to Zaragoza — await the 8 October verdict in Guimarães, where the winners of the 2028 European Green Capital and Green Leaf titles will be named.
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Green travelThe Dutch government and Amsterdam Schiphol are setting up a €90 million fund to accelerate sustainable aviation fuel use from 2027, alongside a revised three-tier flight tax — as EU data shows SAF supply already beat the 2025 mandate.
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Green travelFrom 27 September 2026 the EU's EmpCo directive applies in all 27 member states: generic 'eco-friendly' tourism claims and offset-based 'carbon neutral' labels must be independently verified or removed.
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Green travelGlobal voting for the 2026 World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards opened on 25 September and runs until 21 October: more than 90 nominees from 35+ countries compete in 19 categories, with winners announced in Paris on 9 December.
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Green travelDelta Air Lines has joined Georgia agriculture, forestry and business leaders to launch the Georgia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition, a statewide push unveiled on 30 September 2026 to make Georgia a national leader in cleaner jet fuel.
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Green travelIn his World Tourism Day 2026 message, UN chief António Guterres warns that unchecked AI could funnel tourists to the same few places and platforms, leaving worthwhile destinations behind.
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News, stories and solutions driving change towards a greener and more sustainable planet for future generations.
The Ocean Cleanup will make Australia and Asia-Pacific its primary focus, directing two-thirds of its effort to Southeast Asia — source of 79% of ocean plastic reaching Australia — while urging 'action and cash' ahead of COP31.
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ClimateGreen JournalismCANADA. The Equality Fund has opened applications for its inaugural Journalism Fellowship, a new opportunity designed to support working journalists in Global South countries who report on local solutions to global crises — including the climate crisis — through a gender lens. The fellowship, launched in partnership with Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and
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Green JournalismThe Solutions Journalism Network and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have opened applications for the SJN/MIT Climate Journalism Fellowship 2027, an eight-month programme that will give ten local and regional U.S. journalists a $7,500 stipend each to report on climate solutions in their own communities. Applications close at midnight on 26 October 2026. What the
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Green JournalismAwareness article: Climate reporting is one of the most dangerous beats in modern journalism. UNESCO data shows that environmental journalists are attacked, threatened and in some cases killed for their work — and that protecting the press is a prerequisite for protecting the planet. Journalists who investigate illegal logging, poaching, pollution and the climate crisis
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Green JournalismWASHINGTON – The Washington Post’s sweeping investigation into the world’s rising flood danger, Floods Above, has won the inaugural Poynter Journalism Prize for Excellence in Climate Change Reporting, a new award for scientifically grounded climate journalism announced by the Poynter Institute. The prize, sponsored by the Hennecke Family Foundation, recognizes rigorous reporting that enlightens and
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Green JournalismLECCE: Italy's Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) has named Agence France-Presse's "Future of the Planet" desk and Sky TG24 Deputy Editor-in-Chief Daniele Moretti as the winners of the 2026 Romeo Bassoli Award for scientific journalism on climate and sustainability. The prize will be presented on Thursday, 15 October, in Lecce during the Conversazioni sul
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Green JournalismThe European Parliament has shortlisted ten investigations — including probes into data centres' environmental toll and green investment funds — for the 2026 Daphne Caruana Galizia Journalism Prize. The winner is announced on 21 October in Strasbourg.
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Green JournalismWUFT's Rose Schnabel and the Miami Herald's 'Built on Sand' series share the 2026 Waldo Proffitt Award for outstanding environmental journalism, announced 2 October.
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Green JournalismA new international planetary health journalism prize is calling on journalists to report one of the least-covered intersections in climate coverage: how demographic change shapes the health of the planet — and vice versa. The Demographics & Planetary Health Story Prize 2026, hosted by Johns Hopkins University institutions, will award $500 in each of two
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