According to the report, at a global level, the GHG emissions of the tourism sector stand at around 5% of global emissions. It is estimated that 75% of all tourism emissions are linked to transportation. A research project from 2013 estimated that the sector was responsible for 8% of global GHG emissions.

The report was developed by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) with support from the Germany Ministry for the Environment and is released in collaboration with UN Climate Change. It provides an overview of GHG emissions measurement in tourism alongside an assessment of the sector’s climate action efforts. It summarises current methodologies, establishing the approaches and frameworks guiding measurement and the tools available to measure emissions.

The full report can be found in full here.