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UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
Tourism & Climate Change
Beyond Triple Bottom Line
Geoffrey Lipman
Assistant Secretary General
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
PovertyClimate
SARS
Avian Flu
Tsunami
Terrorism
Oil
Economy
Environment
Infrastructure
SecurityCompetition
Skills
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
PDA, MobileCamera
Internet, Blogs & Communities
Multimedia
24 on 7 on 365
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
• ‘Action over the coming few decades …… risks of major socio-economic disruption …
• later in this century & next, on a scale similar to the great wars & economic depression of the first half of the 20th century.’
The Stern Report (2006)
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
Davos Declaration 2007
Tourism
&
Climate Change
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
• Realities Agreed
• Holistic Response
• 2050 – Start Now
• Tourism is Good
• Quadruple Bottom Line
• 5% Emissions & Economy
• Weakest Most Vulnerable
The Davos Declaration
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
• Mitigation
• Adaptation
• Technology
• Financing
The Davos Declaration
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
• Governments
• Industry
• Consumers
• Research/Media Nets
The Davos Declaration
• Action Catalogue
• Information Exchange
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
1. Framework
2. Challenges
3. Opportunities
Core Issues
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
• Timely
• Pedigree
• 2050 – Start Now
• UNWTO lead
1. Framework
• UN Response Structure
• How to Operationalise
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
• Action
• Cultural change
• Solidarity
• Poverty Cohesion
• Market Response
• Wise Aviation Growth
2. Challenges
ThinkBeforeYouFly.com
“It’s a sin to fly” - church
Places to See before THEY Die”AirportPledge.org
PlaneStupid.com“I Stay home” - Prince Charles
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
• Long Distance: Over Sea: Hard Terrain: Small Islands.
• Trade
• Poor Country Service Export
• Small but fast growing
• More than CO2
• Big Relative Increase
• No Quick Fix
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
• First Movers
• Technology
• Financing
• Innovation
3. Opportunities
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
Roadmap
2050
Reduce today’s
GHG50 – 70%
Davos “Stakeholders”
London “Ministerial”
UN Bali “Summit”
Djerba Declaration 2003
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
20152015MDG
20502050Reduce
GHG50 - 70%20072007
NewUN
Roadmap
Roadmap
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
Roadmap
2050
Reduce today’s
GHG50 – 70%
Finance
Technology
Adapt
Mitigate
UNWTO- Committed to Tourism, Travel and the Millennium Development Goals
• Slow
• Buzzwords
• Routine
• Slogans
Triple Bottom Line ?
1990 – 2007 “Going Green”