Global Warming
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U.K. Government Provides Business Travel Emissions Calculator, Reporting
In an effort to ease compliance to the U.K.'s 2008 Climate Change Act, the country's Department for Transport and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published guidance and released …
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U.K. Government Provides Business Travel Emissions Calculator, Reporting
… compliance to the U.K.'s 2008 Climate Change Act, the country's Department for ..... work is not a stipulation of the 2008 Climate Change Act, but could be the next step, according ..... DEFRA and the Department for Energy and Climate Change are saying that this is the guidance …
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Survey: Big U.K. Corps. Flying Less
… respondents said they expected their companies during the next 10 years to change how they conduct business "as a result of climate change ." About half of the survey sample said policies that encourage sustainable business travel already are in place. Another …
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Air Industry Seeks Global Approach To Climate Change
… this week gathered in Copenhagen to seek consensus on how to combat climate change , airlines, airports and other air industry constituents called on ..... minimizing aviation's environmental impact. Left off the agenda during climate change
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Op-Ed: Cap-And-Trade Policy Could Hamper The Reduction Of Airline Carbon Emissions
… the measure's effects. Any U.S. climate change legislation should recognize aviation ..... the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change , which has been charged with governing ..... aviation framework in time for December climate change treaty talks in Copenhagen. We urge …
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EU, Canada Sign Open Skies Agreement
… travelers. Meanwhile, the EU and Canada also expect further cooperation "in order to mitigate the effects of aviation on climate change ." The EC said the deal could yield "consumer benefits of at least €72 million through lower fares," while creating …
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IATA Sees Aviation Carbon Emissions Dropping In 2009
… CO 2 emissions would drop 6 percent due to this year's expected capacity decreases and 1.8 percent due to an airline climate change strategy adopted at last year's summit. IATA's goal this year is to reduce airline carbon emissions by a further 10 …
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Corps. Hit The Gas On Travel Emissions Reporting
Any emerging practice naturally starts off in the minority. About six in seven organizations responding to Procurement.travel's "State Of The Practice" survey of mostly U.S. firms are not measuring greenhouse gas emissions from business travel. That includes four of every five companies that spend
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European Emissions Plan Could Trigger Airfare Hikes
… sources of CO 2 emissions are included in ETS. This is a difficult decision, but if we are going to do something about global warming , then we have to make those decisions," said Tilstone. However, ITM wants the British government to review its imposition …
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Air France-KLM, Deutsche Lufthansa, Iberia Airlines, French hotel firm Accor and German tourism company TUI are listed on the latest Dow Jones Sustainability Index
… economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, branding, climate change mitigation, supply chain standards and labor practices." Air France-KLM was further recognized as the "super sector …
