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The international hotel industry, alongside aviation, is increasingly becoming a focal point in global climate discourse. How can hotels transform into climate-conscious hosts? What role does carbon offsetting play? Where is the line between sincere climate action and greenwashing? In our mini-series, we team up with the expert Professor Willy Legrand.

On the campaign trail, Trump vowed revenge against people and policies in conflict with the MAGA (Make America Great Again) agenda, which has been detailed in Project 2025, a 922-page tome. Trump allegedly hasn't heard anything about it yet and just carries on.

Despite headlines that many companies are moving away from climate pledges, the true picture looks more hopeful and far more complex. Large and small companies, cities and governments voluntarily enter their environmental data on a platform. Scope 3 is where most of the money is.

This HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) in Brussels will be one of the most strategic ever: It shows new paths to the future, to "regenerative hospitality", to the environment and to the locals. Whether and where sustainable hotels are built is no longer decided by investors, but by urban planners and new infrastructures. In the hotel itself, the AI works with the employees and not against them. And clever IT applications reduce the gap between operator and investor. 

Over the next 1000 years, global warming could be more severe than previously assumed. A new study has produced long-term climate projections for the first time, considering factors such as the thawing of permafrost as a source of greenhouse gases. 

The EU Supply Chain Act, adopted in 2024, is controversial but important for fair trade. Companies are now to be given more time to prepare. The European Parliament has now cleared the way for a postponement.

The happiest people in the world live in Finland. Researchers suspect a connection between the population's closeness to nature and their happiness.

In many places around the world, there are mammoth green projects that are almost turning visions into nightmares. The Saudi city of Neom is apparently running out of money, the Green Wall in the Sahara has withered away and South Korea's Smart City Songdo is stagnating, as is a model socialist city in China. 

2024 was a record year for many airlines. However, air travel is increasingly being criticised for its poor environmental footprint. The CO2 offsetting business has become a large and very opaque market. Every country can now decide for itself what it does. The original idea has been watered down.

The Austrian Federal Railway is expanding its network with night trains. From Germany, there are more and more attractive routes throughout Europe. Other providers are following suit.