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WildFoot Travel Declares a Climate Emergency

At WildFoot Travel, we believe in the transformative power of travel to support conservation efforts around the world. Sustainable wildlife tourism maintains habitats and promotes positive attitudes towards animals as a result of its positive socio-economic impact. However, we understand that travel is a carbon intensive activity and contributes to climate change an existential threat to wildlife and communities around the world and that’s why WildFoot Travel are joining with other voices around the world in declaring a climate emergency. WildFoot join a collective of over 180 travel organisations and companies who are coming together to find sustainable solutions to the climate crisis through the Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency initiative. As a signatory of Tourism Declares:

1. We accept current IPCC advice stating the need to cut global carbon emissions to 55% below 2017 levels by 2030, in order to keep the planet within 1.5 degrees of warming.
2. We are developing a ‘Climate Emergency Plan’ which sets out our intentions to reduce carbon emissions over the next decade. We’ll ensure our ‘Climate Emergency Plan’ represents actions designed to achieve this as a minimum, through delivering transparent, measurable and increasing reductions in the total carbon emissions per customer arising from our operations and the travel services sold by us.
3. We’ll share an initial public declaration of our plan and update on progress each year.
4. We’ll work with our suppliers and partners, encouraging them to join us in signing Tourism Declares, share best practice amongst peers and actively participate in the Tourism Declares community.
5. We recognise the need for system change across the industry and will work with others to accelerate a transition towards carbon-free tourism.