Carbon Passports To Become ‘The New Normal,’ Report Predicts, as Climate Activists Back Imposing Personal Travel Limits

Travelers should also be ready for ‘virtual vacations’ and ‘armchair travel’ to become mainstream, a report says.

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Members of Greenpeace gather for a photo at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday. AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Travelers should expect to add another item to their packing lists by 2040 — carbon passports. That’s the latest from a growing push by environmental activists for the idea of limiting a person’s ability to travel in an effort to combat climate change.

“A personal carbon emissions limit will become the new normal as policy and people’s values drive an era of great change,” a 2023 report from an Australia-based travel company, Intrepid Travel, predicts, noting that the tourism and travel industry is unsustainable and that “travel as we know it hovers on the brink of extinction.” The travel limitations, it says, could be part of major industry-backed changes aimed at reducing carbon emissions and lowering travelers’ “overall footprint.” 

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