British rock band Coldplay has announced dates for a world tour in 2022, with the band planning to integrate a range of sustainable features into its concerts to reduce their effect on the environment.
While it may appear to be ambitious, the group accepts the tour will "have a significant carbon footprint." To this end, Coldplay has committed to "draw down more CO2 than the tour produces.".
While the band is keen to show it is making efforts to tour in a sustainable way, some significant challenges to achieving this goal remain, such as having to fly many thousands of miles around the world in order to play shows.
The environmental footprint of aviation is significant
According to the International Energy Agency, carbon dioxide emissions from aviation "have risen rapidly over the past two decades," hitting almost 1 metric gigaton in 2019
In an effort to reduce the environmental effects of its flights, Coldplay claims that when it comes to "all flights, commercial and charter", it will pay a surcharge so it can "use or supply" sustainable aviation fuel
There was still a lot of offsetting required when it came to flying, he said, "because even sustainable aviation fuel isn't good enough yet."
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