GreenShift

GreenShift is a new podcast from Skift that focuses on climate change and travel. Each week, Climate Reporter Darin Graham will report on innovations and challenges across the travel industry and speak to industry leaders and thinkers. 

You can follow all of Skift’s coverage of travel and climate at our ⁠Climate Hub.⁠

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Inside Hilton’s Climate Strategy: How to Decarb...
How can a global hotel brand cut emissions when it doesn’t actually own most of its properties? In this episode of GreenShift, host Darren Graham sits down with Jean Garris Hand, Global Head of Sustainability at Hilton, to explore how one of the world’s largest hospitality companies is tackling decarbonization across 9,000 hotels in 139 countries.
32 min
2
Can Soil Carbon Credits Really Help Save the Pl...
What if the key to fighting climate change was right under our feet? In this episode of GreenShift, host Darin Graham visits a fourth-generation farmer in the English Fens who’s turning healthy soil into a climate solution.
30 min
3
The Hidden Carbon Cost of AI in Travel
Artificial intelligence is transforming travel — from flight optimization to customer personalization — but what about its climate footprint?
38 min
4
G Adventures Founder on Why the Travel Industry...
In 2021, hundreds of travel companies signed the Glasgow Declaration, pledging to halve tourism emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. But just five years later, reality looks far from those ambitions.
41 min
5
Balancing Paradise: The Bahamas’ Plan for Susta...
Tourism is the lifeblood of The Bahamas — but with 11 million annual visitors and a population of just 400,000, growth comes with high stakes for the environment.
40 min
6
Eurostar on Track: Can Rail Deliver on Climate ...
In Part Two of GreenShift’s rail special, we continue our journey with François Ladsous, Chief Commercial Officer at Eurostar, to uncover what’s stopping rail from reaching its full potential.
21 min
7
Eurostar on Track: Can Rail Deliver on Climate ...
Rail travel is experiencing a renaissance, with passenger numbers at Eurostar nearing 20 million last year and demand rising among leisure and U.S. travelers.
23 min
8
Travalyst’s Data Hub: A New Era for Sustainable...
Darin Graham⁠ explores a major milestone in sustainable travel: the launch of ⁠Travalyst’s⁠ new data hub. Founded by Prince Harry, Travalyst is a nonprofit coalition of leading travel and tech companies, including Booking.com, Expedia, Skyscanner, and Google.
27 min
9
Climate Change and the Beginning of the Age of ...
In the climate-changed future of travel, it won’t be the heat that grounds us — it’ll be the cost.
25 min
10
Tourism Is Hotter Than Ever: Extreme Heat Is Ch...
Climate disruption isn’t just a future threat - it’s already changing the way we travel. Businesses have no choice but to adapt.
42 min
11
Flight Emissions Data Is Everywhere Now. How Di...
Is data about the carbon impact of flights, hotels, and transport actually changing the way people travel?
40 min
12
Iceland’s Glaciers Are Shrinking: What's the Ri...
Instead of just watching glaciers vanish, Iceland's tourism sector should start preparing now for a future where they no longer exist.
23 min
13
Why Short-Term Rentals May Do Well in a Climate...
Marcus Räder has offered a vision for how short-term rentals might perform in a climate-altered future. But if he's right, the sector has big challenges to get ahead of and it may need a new kind of leader to rally the industry and shape what comes next.
29 min
14
Can Airline Growth and Climate Goals Coexist? D...
Delta like most airlines want to grow and decarbonize at the same time. This strategy raises a familiar question across the sector: can the industry fly toward 'net zero' without changing its business model?
31 min
15
How to Build a Net Zero Hotel
Radisson has unveiled two new hotels it says are verified as net zero – one in Manchester, UK, and the other in Oslo, Norway. On the first episode of GreenShift, we visit the Manchester property.
34 min
16
Welcome to GreenShift: Climate Change and the B...
The podcast where solutions-based journalism cuts through industry spin to spotlight real progress in travel sustainability.
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