How can tourism assist, you would possibly ask? In spite of everything, planes aren’t nice for the ozone layer, and climate-conscious travellers ought to at all times really feel guilt about flying. (That being mentioned, planes aren’t the largest polluter on the earth: they create beneath 3% of all human-generated greenhouse gases.) Given persons are nonetheless going to fly, however ought to do it much less, it is essential that once they do it helps native individuals within the locations the place they’re going: giving us ‘ROE’, as I’m calling it — return on emissions. In the event that they do go someplace distant, they need to ensure that to place cash within the native economic system, which means that tourism can even assist these small island nations crying out for funds that may assist them sort out the issues they’re going through. Efficient sustainable tourism helps switch funds from those who have money to people who want it — with out hand-outs.