Carnival cruise line emits more CO2 than the entire city of Glasgow
Kyiv • UNN
In 2023, Carnival ships emitted 2.55 million tons of CO2, which is more than the emissions of the largest city in Scotland. Carnival leads the ranking of the most polluting cruise lines in Europe.
An analysis by the Transport and Environment Group (T&E) showed that Carnival ships are the most polluting of all those sailing to Europe in 2023.
Reported by UNN with reference to The Guardian.
In 2023, the Carnival cruise line emitted more CO2 than the largest city in Scotland, according to a new report by T&E.
The data covers all cruise ships sailing to Europe last year, including 53 ships owned by Carnival. The second most polluting cruise line in Europe was MSC, followed by Norwegian Cruise Line.
T&E analysts used official carbon emissions data provided by ships.
Last year, carbon dioxide emissions on Carnival ships sailing to Europe totaled 2.55 million tons. MSC emitted 1.4 million tons, and Norway - 0.84 million tons of CO2.
For comparison, the latest emissions figures for the city of Glasgow in 2021, with a population of 620,700 people, amounted to 2.43 million tons.
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Cruising is one of the fastest growing tourism industries. The number of cruise ships has grown significantly, from 21 in the 1970s to 515 today, and T&E research shows that the world's largest cruise ships have doubled in size since 2000.
Carnival Corporation plc, a British and American company based in Miami, posted a profit of $1.95 billion (£1.54 billion) in 2023 after losses of $4.4 billion and $7.1 billion in 2022 and 2021 during the Covid pandemic. In 2023, 12.5 million passengers used the company's 92 ships.
In a separate ranking of the damage caused by cruise lines to the environment in 2024, compiled by the American organization Friends of the Earth (FoE), Carnival and its subsidiaries also ranked the lowest among 21 cruise lines.
