Can you imagine having a passport that limits the number of times you can travel by plane? These are ‘carbon passports’, which measure your CO2 emissions carbon footprint in the aviation industry, and would serve as a control measure Environmental pollution.

A study of the Environmental Protection Agency found that air travel in 2021 represented a quarter of the global 2050 ‘carbon budget’. And according to Shame on the planeIf you make a flight of 9,000 kilometers, such as the one between Los Angeles and Paris, you already emit more greenhouse gases than should be emitted per person in a year.

The consequences of pollution are particularly serious in certain locations, especially some of the most popular tourist destinations. The Maldives, Venice, Amsterdam, the Fiji Islands and Miami are at risk of disappearing due to rising sea levels and flooding.

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That’s where ‘carbon passports’ come into the picture, which would aim to… industry tourism durableso that pollution is reduced, at least partially.

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Sustainable tourism with ‘carbon passports’

“Personal carbon credits can help reduce carbon emissions and reduce the overall travel footprint. These orders will manifest as passports that force people to do so ration your carbon according to global carbon budget demandthat is 750 billion tons until 2050. By 2040 we can expect to see restrictions imposed on the number of trips allowed per year,” says one Fearless report.

According to this report, having a carbon passport could become normal and innovate the way we travel and tourism. It will be a change mainly caused by the Generation Alphathose born between 2010 and 2025, who will be the generation of the future.

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By 2040, the rise of regenerative tourism will make people more conscious travelers, looking for hospitality that not only generates positive results in terms of environmental and social impact, but also linked to human qualities.

Although the concept of ‘carbon passports’ has not yet been introduced into law in any country, we imagine that the aviation sector does not like the idea. But as the Intrepid report says, experts are counting on the next generation to make this measure a reality. (JO)