Airbnb and SQUAKE have carefully chosen meaningful climate initiatives in Germany and Thailand to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions resulting from staying in accommodations offered via Airbnb.
Germany
Nature-based
German forests are at imminent risk as 500k hectares of forest have died since 2018. This project aims to maintain or increase carbon stocks on forested land, which optimizes and secures CO₂ reduction capacity in the long term by planting stable mixed forests and applying near-natural management methods.
This project aims at restoring a section of the unique Königsmoor in Schleswig-Holstein. Through rewetting, typical upland moor vegetation can develop over the long term helping to efficiently avoid CO₂ emissions as well as to protect the habitat of many endangered species.
Thailand
Technology-based
Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) is around 10,900 times more potent as a GHG than CO₂. Hence, it got banned in the late 1980s. However, old stockpiles remain and pose a risk to the environment. This project manages a seized stockpile of these CFC refrigerants in Thailand and destructs them permanently.
