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Konferenz über Klimawandel und Tourismus Davos (Schweiz), |
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Davos
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| Climate Change And Tourism - Responding To Global Challenges |
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The
2nd International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism "urges action
by the entire tourism sector to face climate change as one of the greatest
challenges to sustainable development, and to the Millennium Development
Goals in the 21st Century." The Davos Declaration presented at the closing
of the three-day Conference underscores that "the tourism sector must rapidly
respond to climate change, within the evolving UN framework if it is to
grow in a sustainable manner".
The
Conference was organized by UNWTO together with the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and supported
by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Swiss Government.
UNWTO
Assistant Secretary-General Geoffrey Lipman said that "We know that the
solutions for climate change and for poverty are interrelated. Here at
Davos, the tourism sector committed itself to take a long-term strategic
position on these issues, starting now, and to do this as a contribution
to the UN Secretary-General's global roadmap for the Climate Change Conference
in Bali, at the end of this year. We leave Davos more optimistic about
our future on the common agreement to build upon quadruple bottom line
sustainability of economic, social, environmental and climate responsiveness."
This
will require action for the tourism sector to:
 mitigate
its Greenhouse Gas GHG emissions, derived especially from transport and
accommodation activities;
adapt tourism businesses and destinations to changing climate conditions;
apply existing and new technology to improve energy efficiency; and
secure financial resources to help poor regions and countries.
Stefanos
Fotiou, head of UNEP's Tourism Unit, stressed how the Conference proved
"that the tourism industry is challenged by climate change and at the same
time is not an insignificant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The
Conference has also demonstrated that, through a more intelligent and better
managed development trajectory, tourism can assist in combating poverty
in developing countries, in reducing its own carbon footprint and make
a contribution to the conservation of natural and nature-based resources.
In short, tourism has a potentially very important and positive role to
play in the key sustainability challenges of our age."
The
Davos Conference called on UNWTO, in collaboration with UNEP and WMO, to
strengthen this process, and to convene a Third Conference on Climate Change
and Tourism, at an appropriate time in the future, to review progress,
to maintain response levels and to identify further needs and actions.
Jeremiah
Lengoasa, Assistant Secretary-General of WMO said that "While climate is,
in fact, a valuable and essential resource for tourism, there can be no
complacency with respect to the power of climate hazards and climate change
to affect the infrastructure, the people, the financial networks and the
ecosystems that are vital to the success of tourism at all levels. WMO
urges governments and the industry to strengthen climate-tourism partnerships
and effectively use climate information and prediction services provided
by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, and to incorporate
climate factors in tourism policies, development and management plans,
so as to ensure a sustainable future for the sector".
The
Davos Declaration and results of the Conference will provide the basis
for the UNWTO Minister's Summit on Tourism and Climate Change, scheduled
at the World Travel Market, London, UK, 13 November 2007. It will be submitted
for adoption at the UNWTO General Assembly in Cartagena de las Indias,
Colombia, 23-29 November 2007, and also will be presented at the United
Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2007.
| Source:
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO/OMT, 3 October 2007) |
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