Thursday, April 3, 2025

UN Will Include Tourism Employment in Sustainable Development Goals

Tourism employment will now be officially integrated into the deliberations of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, including the UN...

European Economic and Social Committee Urges Stronger Efforts toward Regenerative Tourism

Tourism in Europe is surging. The estimated number of nights spent at tourist accommodations in 2024 was nearly three billion, exceeding the previous year...

Balearic Islands Take Steps to Increase Sustainable Tourism

The Balearic Islands, encompassing Menorca, Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera, have passed new measures to benefit sustainable tourism. Among them, the islands will raise...

Nissui Concludes Impact Finance for Nature Loan Agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank

Nissui Corporation, one of the world's largest seafood companies, has concluded a loan agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as the first transaction under...

Sumitomo Corporation to Generate 34 Million Tons of Carbon Credits through African Mangrove Reforestation

Sumitomo Corporation has entered into carbon credit projects for mangrove reforestation in Madagascar and Mozambique, Africa. The projects aim to generate carbon credits equivalent...

Crown Estate to Invest £15 Million Into Offshore Wind Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure

The Crown Estate has allocated £15 million for the next round of the Supply Chain Accelerator which it launched last year to accelerate and...

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At SOS Ocean, European Council President António Costa Says Europe Must Ratify High Seas Treaty

During his speech at the opening session of the SOS Ocean international conference in Paris, President of the European Council António Costa called for...

OECD Report Says International Cooperation is Essential to Protecting Value of the Ocean Economy

A new report by the The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says that while the ocean economy doubled in real terms, from...

New Study Reports Bottom Trawling in EU Costs Society Up to €11 Billion a Year

A study to measure the full economic cost of bottom trawling in the EU, UK, Norway and Iceland shows that the fishing practice imposes...