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 five 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".
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".