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January 20, 2025

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How Business Travel Is Reinventing Carbon Pricing by Embedding Economic Theory
(SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM)

In an era where we need our sustainability efforts to make a real, tangible impact, carbon pricing is overdue for an overhaul. Organizations can integrate carbon pricing into their business strategy to make economic growth compatible with climate action.

Carbon pricing is a widely used tool to help corporates accelerate their company’s decarbonization journey. It incentivizes emitting less by placing a fee on emissions. But putting a price on carbon is only half the equation. Coupling carbon pricing with decarbonization is how the world can achieve net zero.

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AVIATION

SFO Named Best Airport in North America: Magazine (AOL)

British Airways and Finnair Expand Codeshare Agreement (BUSINESS TRAVELLER)

Why Europe Has The Most Privatized Airports in the World (SIMPLE FLYING)

What Are The USDOT Requirements for International & US Airlines Codeshare Agreements? (SIMPLE FLYING)

SUSTAINABILITY

White Paper Unveiled Charting Hospitality Industry’s Path To Decarbonize the Global Food System (SUSTAINABLE HOSPITALITY ALLIANCE)

OTHER SECTORS

How Geopolitics Could Reshape Business Travel in 2025 (BTN EUROPE)

U.S. Travel Agency Sales Total $99.2 Billion in 2024 (ARC)

Business Travel And Rail Use Set to Ramp up in 2025 Among British Small Businesses (RAIL BUSINESS DAILY)

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Crisis24 Intelligence Brief

Greece - Taxi drivers to strike 09:00-15:00, hold go-slow procession in Athens, Greece, from 09:30 Jan. 23. Transport disruptions likely.

Israel and Palestinian Territories - Cabinet in Israel approves Gaza ceasefire agreement with Hamas early Jan. 18; deal to take effect from Jan. 19.

South Korea - The Muan International Airport runway in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, will remain closed until at least April 18.

United States - Adverse winter weather forecast over parts of the southern US through at least Jan. 22. Hazardous travel conditions likely.

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Sex Trafficking in Travel Webinar by the Aviation Committee
January 22

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GBTA Canada Conference 2025 Toronto
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May 27-28

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