Leading climate researcher calls for ban on domestic flights in Germany to save emissions
麻豆无码版 / Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung
Leading German climate scientist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber has called for a substantial shift in strategy for the tourism industry to make sure that its carbon footprint does not contribute to the sector鈥檚 possible demise.
鈥淭ourism bites the hand that feeds it if it contributes to climate change,鈥� the former director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) at the ITB international tourism fair in Berlin. If beaches around the world are flooded due to a global rise in temperature of 4 or 5 degrees Celsius, 鈥渢here will be no more beach tourism," Schellnhuber said.
Radical measures are necessary to bring down tourism emissions, the climate researcher said, arguing that 鈥渄omestic flights within Germany should be banned鈥� and replaced by a better continental high-speed train network. 鈥淭his is one of the innovations that I would say should rank high on the German government and the EU鈥檚 agenda,鈥� Schellnhuber said in an聽 in the Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung. Schellnhuber also proposed that air travel be reduced to 20 flights in a person鈥檚 lifetime and that its price should be increased considerably. 鈥淭his would bring air travel to an acceptable level,鈥� he argued. The climate researcher also said that the cruise industry is putting an increasing burden on the climate, with some ships emitting as much particulate matter as one million passenger cars, even though more climate-friendly propulsion systems like liquid gas or sails are available.
