Travel industry warned ‘tackle climate disaster before it’s too late’

‘We won’t have a world to show our customers if we don’t act soon,’ delegates are told at tourism conference

The travel industry has been urged to prove its commitment to sustainability with “rapid decarbonisation” to avoid a climate disaster.

James Thornton, chief executive of Intrepid Travel, one of the first carbon-neutral tour operators, warned delegates at the Abta travel convention in Morocco that urgent change was required.