Green travel
Green travelAmari Pattaya, OZO North Pattaya and Amari Bangsaen were honoured at the Ultimate Thailand Green Tourism Showcase 2026 for energy and water efficiency, waste management, carbon reduction and community engagement.
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Green travelAround 50 tourism ministers meet at WTM London 2026 on 4 November to discuss regenerative tourism, while Nepal showcases community-led travel and Suriname makes its debut.
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Green travelThailand earned three Green Destinations Awards and 16 places in the Top 100 Stories 2026 at the Green Destinations Global Conference in Kranj, Slovenia, under its Green Tourism Plan 2030.
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Green travelSingapore Airlines becomes the first airline buyer for Aether Fuels' Project Beacon plant, agreeing up to 4,800 tonnes of waste-gas SAF over three years from 2028.
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Green travelThe 14th Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Fair opens in Dhaka on 29 October 2026 under the theme 'AI-Powered Tourism, Sustainable Destination', bringing together more than 220 exhibitors from over 20 countries.
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Green travelTrip.com Group's 2026 Sustainable Travel Consumer Report finds 75.4% of travellers say sustainability matters and 56.8% intentionally choose greener options, as the company launches its My Travel Impact dashboard.
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Green travelThe Maldives has been nominated for the World's Leading Green Destination 2026 at the World Travel Awards, building on three straight years of regional green titles.
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Green travelGreece and Türkiye agreed in Athens on 23 October 2026 to centre sustainable tourism, new travel experiences and local benefits in their travel cooperation.
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Green travelChiang Mai has taken a major step toward becoming a sustainable, low-carbon city after local leaders and Asset World Corporation (AWC) signed a landmark agreement on 20 October 2026 for green, electric tourism transport, including Thailand's first electric sightseeing tram. The agreement was signed at the InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping, with AWC chief executive
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Green travelLufthansa's Green Fare is now the Impact Fare, after a German court ruled the old name misled passengers. The fare's mechanics stay the same — but its climate promises are now worded more tightly.
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Green travelSPTO's board advanced the Pacific Tourism Climate Change Action Plan in Honiara, with a first draft ahead and a regional launch planned for May 2027.
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Green travelEast African tourism ministers have adopted a ten-year strategy to market East Africa as a single, competitive destination, putting shared conservation, a future Single Tourist Visa and the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027 at the centre of the region's green travel plans. The East Africa tourism strategy, covering 2027 to 2036, was adopted on
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News, stories and solutions driving change towards a greener and more sustainable planet for future generations.
Bangladesh will press developed countries at COP31 in Antalya to provide climate finance as grants rather than loans, State Minister Shama Obaed Islam said at a Dhaka briefing on 2 November.
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Green JournalismUN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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Green JournalismThe UN's first comprehensive restoration assessment, published on 29 October 2026, gives climate journalists a verifiable global scorecard: 252 million hectares under restoration across 149 countries, but finance must more than quadruple to meet 2030 targets.
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Green JournalismToxic Ground, a cross-border investigation into hidden landfill sites across Europe, has been shortlisted in the Environment and Energy category of the British Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismTürkiye's communications chief Burhanettin Duran urges solutions-focused climate reporting ahead of COP31 in Antalya, warning against 'green fatigue', as 1,400 of about 3,000 press accreditations are completed.
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Green JournalismThe Society of Environmental Journalists has opened book entries for its 25th annual awards for reporting on the environment. Books published in 2025 or 2026 are eligible, with the standard deadline on 21 December 2026.
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