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Cruising is booming – 2023 ticket sales have surpassed historic levels and 2024 has seen the launch of the largest cruise ship ever built. But as cruise tourism's popularity has increased, so have the pollution problems it brings. To customers, it may not be evident that any problems exist, since some cruise line companies claim to be becoming more climate-friendly. The truth can be quite different. Josh Toussaint-Strauss interrogates what impact the world's biggest ships are having on the planet.
Cruise ships and the companies that run them are being accused of greenwashing in this Guardian clip, that looks at Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, and the history of cruising and its environmental impact.
Despite the fact that companies are vaunting their green credentials, it seems that not all is what it seems.