Green travel
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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India has proposed allowing chemically recycled plastic in food packaging, as the EU prepares to ban plastic-waste exports to non-OECD countries from 21 November.
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Green JournalismAmphora Media's cross-border investigation "Profit in Every Drop" has won Environment and Planning Journalism at the Malta Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismBroadcast journalists from Namibia, Zambia and Senegal have begun a two-day climate reporting programme under the AUB–Green Climate Fund Climate Impact Stories Partnership, aiming for accurate, human-centred, solutions-focused coverage.
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Green JournalismEntries have opened for the 2026 Climate Media Awards, celebrating African reporting on how communities grow, share and source food in a changing climate.
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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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