Courtenay Harewood
Topics:
00:50 Jeff Bezos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51544501
17:37 Standard Chartered
20:03 Talk is cheap as report finds travellers lukewarm on sustainable travel
https://www.phocuswire.com/Hopper-Lufthansa-sustainability
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Ten billion dollars – or £7.7bn – sounds like a serious amount of money.
It’s how much the world’s richest man Jeff Bezos has said he’ll spend to fight climate change.
But what do you even spend $10bn on? And is it anywhere near enough?
According to Professor Elizabeth Robinson from the University of Reading, some of the solutions are known about but “are still not happening”.
Elizabeth, an expert in environmental economics, suggests the money could be spent on persuading governments to stop funding fossil fuels – which produce carbon dioxide and warm the planet.
“We need to start investing in clean energy instead like renewable. If we do that, we’re a lot of the way there.”
Bank also commits to net zero carbon emissions from its operations by 2030
Standard Chartered has today announced new business targets for supporting its clients as they transition to a low carbon economy as part of its Sustainability Aspirations. By the end of 2024, the Bank commits to:
providing USD40 billion of project financing services for infrastructure that promotes sustainable development
providing USD35 billion of project financing services, M&A advisory and debt structuring services for renewables and clean tech projects (solar and wind)
Take away the tourists and the need for an income would soon drive these communities into the arms of loggers, ranchers, goldminers and oilmen.
“You know what,” I say to Rovin, “your jungle is full of treasures that are better than gold or oil.”
Underpinning the aspirations, Standard Chartered also intends to reduce its emissions across its global properties by 2030.
Travelers’ green intentions do not translate to action when it comes to purchase behavior, according to a study.
The report, published by Lufthansa Innovation
Hub’s Travelandmobility.tech platform and Hopper, reveals that 78% of consumers want to see sustainable travel alternatives and 73% say they are willing to pay for them, but only 1% eventually offset their emissions
The study also points to a surge in Google search queries related to sustainable travel, with figures showing interest has quadrupled over the course of 2019.
