UNWTO aiming to push tourism’s green credentials
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The UNWTO is teaming up with the European Travel Commission (ETC) and Visit Sweden next month to show how tourism can play a leading role in the development of a sustainable global economy. With climate change and the global recession driving the current international political agenda, both politicians and businesses are increasingly drawn towards the idea of a global green economy, the UNWTO said in a statement.
However it believes that the tourism sector is unlikely to receive the attention it deserves in the current high-level discussions in Copenhagen this December. UNWTO is working towards raising the profile of the sector as a key strategic element of global resilience and recovery. Geoffrey Lipman, UNWTO Assistant Secretary-General, underscored the organisation’s commitment to work across the industry, both in the public and private domains, to advance a coherent response to the climate and development imperatives. The Gothenburg meeting will make an important contribution to supporting “sealing the deal” in Copenhagen and the longer road to a green economy, the statement said.
The Gothenburg Symposium will launch ETC’s own climate change and sustainable tourism knowledge networking strategy for NTOs, using the European Environment Agency’s innovative DestiNet sustainable tourism portal, http://destinet.ew.eea.europa.eu.
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