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Beyond its harmful impact on marine ecosystems, the damage caused by plastic pollution extends to the travel and tourism sectors, causing estimated damage of 13 billion dollars each year. Plastics are cheap, lightweight, durable and adaptable: a...

The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative is honored to disclose the list of 21 new signatories, bringing the total of signatories to 142.

Interview with Jo Hendrickx, Founder of Travel Without Plastic, on the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative

On the 10th and 11th of November, while the attention to environmental issues was at a high due to COP27, the city of Seoul became the setting scene for the 2022 Global Sustainable Tourism Forum, organized by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports...

Ministers of the Environment from across the Pan-European region have agreed to promote the transformation of tourism, with key initiatives of the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme among their guiding principle.

Interview with Jo Hendrickx, Founder of Travel Without Plastic, on the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative.

New Guidance for Procurement Practitioners in Tourism sector.

Solutions for this question have become even more relevant given the political fallback regarding the climate goals of COP 27. Providing those is a crucial part of the EU 1.5°-Lifestyles Project. By conducting citizen thinking labs in five European...

The LiFE Global Call for Ideas and Papers is seeking innovative ideas that can help individuals, households and communities act sustainably in their daily lives. The best submissions will be a part of the Special Compendium of top 100 LiFE Ideas, to...