American TV personality and travel writer Rick Steves has said his tour company will donate $ 1 m to non - profits working to combat the impact of climate change in developing nations . Steves ' tour ferries roughly 30,000 tourists from the US to Europe every year . The $ 1 m donation comes from calculating what it would cost to carbon offset each of these return journeys . A carbon credit for a return economy flight between the US and Europe costs about $ 30 . Steves added , however , ceasing to travel is n't a solution to climate change , commenting it helps to " transform the world by experiencing different cultures " .
American TV personality and travel writer Rick Steves has said his tour company will donate $1m to non-profits working to combat the impact of climate change in developing nations. Steves' company ferries roughly 30,000 tourists from the US to Europe every year. The $1m figure comes from calculating what it would cost to carbon offset each of these return journeys. A carbon credit for a return economy flight between the US and Europe costs about $30. Steves added, however, ceasing to travel isn't a solution to climate change, commenting it helps to "humanise the world by experiencing different cultures".