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This blog is a part of the Frontier Series, a collaboration between SCORAI and the Hot or Cool Institute that brings you lessons learned, personal experiences and insights from the cutting edge of climate and sustainability research and practice.

The new IPCC report, which reviews the evidence on impacts of climate change and our society’s ability to adapt, sends even stronger messages on the severity of climate change and the urgency of both substantial reduction in emissions and ramped up...

The certification initiative launches a guide aimed at the hospitality sector to facilitate purchasing decisions with a lower environmental impact Since June 2021, Plastic Free Balearics has certified 49 establishments, which plan to eliminate almost...

UNESCO organized an event at Youth4Climate; in which, the more than 400 climate leaders from all over the world met with 6 Ministers of Education to ask them questions about the current status of climate education, inclusivity, young peoples’ role in...

The third Newsletter reporting on progress implementing the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism was released in July 2022.

Is sustainability sustainable? Or are we using fire to fight fire? Can we really afford to keep seeing nature as production machine? Or people as mere rational economic agents? To transform the systems that are harming people and planet and in...

Tourism has the potential to lead the shift towards a circular and regenerative blue economy, the UN Ocean Conference has been told.

Discover the mandatory reporting requirements, voluntary frameworks, and industry guidelines that apply to your business. Carbon reporting legislation is expanding rapidly across the world. It’s tricky for businesses to stay on top of, and getting it...

The objective of the conference is to raise business awareness on how to improve business communication strategy to encourage more sustainable consumption behaviour.

The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative has welcomed a further 7 signatories, taking the total number to 121.

The newsletter aims at disseminating the progress achieved by the signatories of the initiative, as well as connected relevant information. This edition features: interview from one inspiring GTPI signatories: IbizaPreservation, as well as our past...

World Environment Day on 5 June is the biggest international day for the environment. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held annually since 1974, the event has grown to be the largest global platform for environmental...