{"id":11230,"date":"2022-11-17T14:58:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T13:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/?p=11230"},"modified":"2022-11-18T11:56:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T10:56:07","slug":"the-days-of-guilt-free-flying-are-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/the-days-of-guilt-free-flying-are-over\/","title":{"rendered":"The days of guilt-free flying are over &#8211; How to fix the climate impact of airline travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11230\" class=\"elementor elementor-11230\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-678b273 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"678b273\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8883033\" data-id=\"8883033\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94b3acf\" data-id=\"94b3acf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"478fa36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The days of guilt-free flying are over - How to fix the climate impact of airline travel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-625f98f\" data-id=\"625f98f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-587b23f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"587b23f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e333f5\" data-id=\"5e333f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f95cb1f\" data-id=\"f95cb1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e616f14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e616f14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Quintin-Gellar-from-Pexels-1024x667.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Quintin-Gellar-from-Pexels-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Quintin-Gellar-from-Pexels-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Quintin-Gellar-from-Pexels-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Quintin-Gellar-from-Pexels-1536x1001.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Quintin-Gellar-from-Pexels-400x260.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Quintin-Gellar-from-Pexels-700x456.jpg 700w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Quintin-Gellar-from-Pexels-1100x717.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Quintin-Gellar-from-Pexels.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo: Quintin Gellar from Pexels<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42b463c\" data-id=\"42b463c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dbc791f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"dbc791f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f77b92\" data-id=\"0f77b92\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab47a8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab47a8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change has changed forever the way we view flying. The first thought goes like this: airplanes burn fossil fuels, which creates carbon dioxide (CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), the main greenhouse gas causing climate change. However, things are a little more complicated. Besides CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, aircrafts generate ozone and methane. They form condensation trails (contrails), and may increase high-altitude cirrus clouds. All these combined, contribute to global warming and the cumulative effect of flying an airplane at altitude is twice as bad as burning the same amount of fossil fuel at ground level.<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is worth noting this fact, as the world\u2019s policy, science and industry leaders gather in this year\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-63316362\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">COP27<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. According to atmosfair, one person\u2019s return flight on Economy Class from different airport hubs of the world to the idyllic resort town on the Red Sea has the following <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/environment\/article\/what-is-a-carbon-footprint-how-to-measure-yours\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carbon footprint<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-470b82e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"470b82e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ec3426\" data-id=\"0ec3426\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96e476 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f96e476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Frankfurt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Sharm El Sheikh: 1,721 kg CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>San Fransisco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Sharm El Sheikh: 8,955 kg CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Toronto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Sharm El Sheikh: 6,289 kg CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Rio de Janeiro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Sharm El Sheikh: 6,656 kg CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Melbourne<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Sharm El Sheikh: 10,198 kg CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Shanghai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Sharm El Sheikh: 5,182 kg CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Singapore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Sharm El Sheikh: 4,973 kg CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>New Delhi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Sharm El Sheikh: 2,197 kg CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Johannesburg<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Sharm El Sheikh: 3,546 kg CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9be563 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"e9be563\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcb4dbd\" data-id=\"fcb4dbd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9228657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9228657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These figures are averages, taking into account which aircraft models are typically used on flight routes, as well as the estimated occupancy of seats on board those planes. They include only the CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generated by burning jet fuel, not any emissions connected to the construction of the airplane itself. And there is something else: a first class ticket on a long-haul flight emits, on average, four times as much as an economy seat. This is because more expensive seats take up more space and weight on the plane. First and business class also tend to end up with more empty seats.<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One might ask: is this a lot? Just to put things into perspective, driving a middle class car for a year (12,000 km) generates 2,000 kg <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he per capita annual <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">emissions of a person in Bangladesh is 600kg. In fact, there are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/indicator\/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?most_recent_value_desc=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">37 countries<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -from Ethiopia in Africa to Nepal in Asia- where the average person emits even less <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a whole year.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce0fd11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"ce0fd11\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-023e8cb\" data-id=\"023e8cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-474aa71\" data-id=\"474aa71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b397b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23b397b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Aviation-Emissions-1024x845.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11236\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Aviation-Emissions-1024x845.png 1024w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Aviation-Emissions-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Aviation-Emissions-768x634.png 768w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Aviation-Emissions-1536x1267.png 1536w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Aviation-Emissions-700x578.png 700w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Aviation-Emissions-1100x908.png 1100w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Aviation-Emissions.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Source: The Guardian; \u201cHow your flight emits as much CO2 as many people do in a year\u201d with data from IEA, Lee (2019) based on Fleming and Ziegler (2016).\n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba0c17f\" data-id=\"ba0c17f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a504c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"3a504c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d1366a\" data-id=\"5d1366a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beaa15b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"beaa15b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) -the UN body responsible for limiting the carbon footprint from international air travel- adopted a long-term <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icao.int\/Newsroom\/Pages\/States-adopts-netzero-2050-aspirational-goal-for-international-flight-operations.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aviation climate goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In recent years, the air transportation industry has faced growing pressure to deal with its outsized role in the climate crisis. Currently responsible for up to 3 percent of global <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> emissions, the sector&#8217;s switch to renewable fuels is proving difficult, even if the aeronautics industry and energy companies are seeking progress. According to airlines, it will require investments of $1.5 billion between 2021 and 2050 to decarbonize aviation.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The challenge is massive, considering that air transportation is projected to add to the atmosphere three times more carbon by that year. This only means one thing: we cannot rely on the aviation industry to do our offsetting for us. Every time we take a flight, just as every time we drive the car or leave our computer screen on, we have to be responsible for our own carbon emissions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e482420 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"e482420\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00e7dab\" data-id=\"00e7dab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49c8935\" data-id=\"49c8935\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4375a0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4375a0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-of-the-Gaming-Industry-Events-1024x240.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11235\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-of-the-Gaming-Industry-Events-1024x240.png 1024w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-of-the-Gaming-Industry-Events-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-of-the-Gaming-Industry-Events-768x180.png 768w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-of-the-Gaming-Industry-Events-1536x360.png 1536w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-of-the-Gaming-Industry-Events-700x164.png 700w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-of-the-Gaming-Industry-Events-1100x258.png 1100w, https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-of-the-Gaming-Industry-Events.png 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Source: State of the Games Industry Events, gameconfguide.com<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5292fc3\" data-id=\"5292fc3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-750fc0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"750fc0d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72676aa\" data-id=\"72676aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c64c058 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c64c058\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is particularly relevant to the games industry, which attends an average of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameconfguide.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">over 265 tracked events every yea<\/span>r<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Hundreds of thousands of industry actors and gamers flock into these events, putting a significant burden to our warming planet. Our <\/span><b>Travel &amp; Restore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> programme helps to mitigate this, enabling companies and individuals to stand up to the challenge, by offsetting carbon emissions connected to their traveling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get in touch today, to get an estimate of your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> footprint and more information about how you can make a very real contribution towards forest restoration.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The days of guilt-free flying are over &#8211; How to fix the climate impact of airline travel Photo: Quintin Gellar from Pexels Climate change has changed forever the way we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The days of guilt-free flying are over - How to fix the climate impact of airline travel - Gamesforest - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesforest.club\/blog\/the-days-of-guilt-free-flying-are-over\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The days of guilt-free flying are over - How to fix the climate impact of airline travel - Gamesforest - Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The days of guilt-free flying are over &#8211; 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