GlobalaccommodationsectorTheroadtonetzeroemissionsOctober20213GlobalaccommodationsectorTheroadtonetzeroemissionsClimatechangeisoneofthemostpressingchallengesofourtime.Asanimportantcontributortogreenhousegas(GHG)emissions,theaccommodationsectorhasavitalroletoplayintheefforttodecarbonise.Accommodationsaccountfor264MtCO₂-eqdirectandcontrollableemissions(so-calledscope1&2),reflectingroughly10%ofemissionsthroughoutthetourismsector.Theaccommodationsectorneedstocurbemissionsby17MtCO₂-eqperyear–anannualreductionrateof6to7%ofcurrentlevels–toachievenetzeroemissionsby2050.Thisistheequivalentofeliminatingallresidentialemissionsinroughly2.3millionhouseholdsperyear...