Friday Figures - 23 Apr

As festivals and events look likelier to take place in the not-too-distant-future, there needs to be a collective shift and rethink in how to drastically reduce our carbon footprint. The Show Must Go On report from Powerful Thinking found that in the UK, travel typically constitutes around 80% of a festival’s total known CO2e emissions, with the majority of this being contributed to by cars. Artists, crew and festival organisation aside, as a festival goer, just taking into account how you make your journey has a significant impact on carbon emissions. Rethink and reassess!
Read the full report here, which also outlines a future vision on how to tackle emergency situation.