Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

Episode 3 on the new book Tomorrow's People and New Technology: Changing How We Live Our Lives By Felix Dodds, Carolina Duque Chopitea, Ranger Ruffins now out on Spotify.  Felix Dodds joins us again for this week’s episode to discuss everyone’s favorite hobby - travel. We talk about how travel might be more customized and sustainable by 2030. How can big data and the blockchain make travel a better experience for people and the planet? What will be the impact of self-driving transportation, AI and robotics, Augmented Reality on our travel. Find out on this week’s episode! Felix Dodds is co-author of the new book Tomorrow’s People and New Technology, which we are focusing on in our first seven episodes to imagine what life in 2030 might look like and how the emerging technologies over the next decade fit into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Book description - Tomorrows People and New Technology "Though many books describe tech and AI’s impact on our future, few pa...

Online event -  You can get tickets on   Eventbrite ​ Date And Time:  Thu, September 30, 2021  6:00 PM-7:30 PM GMT Speakers will include:  Andrea Nicholas Founder of Green Tourism, a world leader in certification in travel and tourism and now aligned with Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency. Andrea has been appointed to the Edinburgh Climate Commission and chairs Catering Scotland’s Awards Committee. She will be talking about how tourism and hospitality businesses can take practical steps to help protect the 1.5° temperature rise. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreanicholasgreentourism/ ​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreenTourismUK Website: https://www.green-tourism.com/pages/home   Professor Felix Dodds  International policy expert and adviser on sustainable development and climate change for more than 30 years. Previously executive director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future and campaigns director for the United Nations Associati...

This Friday, 25th September, at 10am EST, we will launch our Climate Friendly Travel Registry for 2050 Climate Neutral & Sustainability Ambitions in partnership with the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA). It is a virtual event delivered during Climate Week NYC and in the side-lines of UN General Assembly, and we would like to invite you to join us. The idea of a Climate Neutral 2050 Ambitions Registry was built into the Paris 2015 Agreement, as a way for Parties to transparently declare and progressively increase their Carbon reduction ambitions through 2050, so as to secure global temperature stabilized at tolerable levels for human survival. As a transformation catalyst this Registry will be open to all Travel & Tourism companies and communities, whether they have created a 2050 Carbon Neutral Ambition yet. It will cover transport, hospitality, travel services and infrastructure providers - from t...