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Encouraging the Tourism and Travel Industry towards a Low Carbon Economy
In anticipation of the UN climate conference COP 15, to be held in 6 months time, global business leaders came together at the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen (May 24-26). At the event, the report ‘Towards a Low Carbon Travel and Tourism Sector’ was presented by the World Economic Forum. This study represents the fruit of a collaboration between UNWTO and several key organisations and is part of a longstanding action by the tourism and travel sector to respond to climate change. For UNWTO it is an important element of the Davos Declaration Process initiated in 2003 with the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The study - a collaboration between the World Economic Forum, UNWTO, the International Civil Aviation Organization, UNEP, and Tourism and Travel business leaders issued by the World Economic Forum with Booz & Company as senior advisor and research partner - puts forward proposals for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emission in various sectors such as transport and accommodation.
It also considers market mechanisms and innovative methods of financing the transformation towards a green economy and encourages new public-private-partnerships.
“The study deals with perhaps the most fundamental planetary issue of our time – how to shift progressively towards a sustainable low carbon lifestyle”, said UNWTO Assistant Secretary General, Geoffrey Lipman, “It is a means to draw attention to the potential key role of the industry with regards to climate change and reducing carbon emissions. It confirms that our sector generates 5% of CO2 and that we can and will progressively reduce our impacts in line with evolving global agreements”
“The study was developed over a one-year period as a multi-stakeholder process involving international organizations, governments, and industry associations to jointly conduct an analysis of the impact of the travel and tourism sector on CO2 emissions and develop a framework for emission reduction by the sector as a whole” states Thea Chiesa, Head Aviation, Travel & Tourism Industries at the World Economic Forum.
‘Towards a Low Carbon Travel and Tourism Sector’ also supports global approaches regarding emission trading for aviation and calls for proceeds to be used to set up a “Green Fund for Travel and Tourism” to help finance the trillion dollar mitigation projects identified within the industry.
“The report also highlights that the expected global long-term growth of the sector (around 4% until 2035) may outperform the expected carbon emission savings without additional efforts” highlights Dr. Jürgen Ringbeck, SVP at Booz & Company and senior project advisor. “However, there is a major opportunity for closing this gap into a sustainable mobility future. The additional cross cluster and cross sector opportunities that have been identified in the report, must be addressed by public and private leaders jointly. Customers and tax payers will have to be economically incentivized to take on the financial burden of transforming the sector into a new area of sustainable mobility, green innovation, and more energy efficient behavioural changes.”
The study points out how governments, industry stakeholders and consumers can collectively improve the low carbon sustainability of travel, which will in turn enable the continued growth of the sector and the sustainable economic development of nations. It emphasizes the importance of tourism as a development driver for poorer nations and calls for the continued growth of sustainable air transport in these countries.
Finally it underscores the need to continue to address climate change and poverty alongside the economic crisis.g
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This is a hard one, getting travel and tourism to go in the green direction, and the more changes they put in place the less profit they make and they put the prices up to improve their profit, so the traveller suffers, give us the day where companies can go greener and travellers go cheaper, then it would work.
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It is an excellent idea of encouraging tourism and travel industry towards low carbon economy. I love reading the article on such subjects. Thanks.
I truly support the meeting which was meant for a Low carbon economy.These study should be done worldwide and proper measures should be taken to deal with climate changes which could hurt the mankind.Necessary measures should be taken after the careful study and not just meeting should be held.Every country should cooperate fully and make the earth a better dwelling place.
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Well the concept on the low carbon economy is really fascinating. Travel industry really suffers from many reasons and there some kind of improvement is required.
The study - a collaboration between the World Economic Forum, WTO, the International Civil Aviation Organization, Bakersfield Attorneys, and Tourism and business travel leaders developed by the World Economic Forum Booz & Company as senior consultant and research partner - presents proposals for the mitigation of emissions of greenhouse gases in various sectors such as transport and accommodation
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Third country Nepal has just planned for Visit Nepal 2011 . Hope this will help the tourism sector in Nepal. Travel industry has great potential and can help in development of whole country if done wisely.
long-term growth of the sector (around 4% until 2035) may outperform the expected carbon emission savings without additional efforts”
Without additional efforts?? - It's impossible.In a last few years total money spent on reducing carbon estimates hundreds of billions us dollars.And you speak about 4% growth until 2035?
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