Innovative Approaches for Tourism's Energy Challenge
According on climate change and tourism the industry 'must rapidly respond to climate change, within the evolving United Nation (UN) framework and progressively reduce its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) contribution if it is to grow in a sustainable man...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/11473071/innovative-approaches-tourisms-energy-challenge http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10238 |
| Summary: | According on climate change and tourism
the industry 'must rapidly respond to climate change,
within the evolving United Nation (UN) framework and
progressively reduce its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) contribution
if it is to grow in a sustainable manner.' In Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC), fossil fuel accounts for
about 75 percent of energy needs, creating a key challenge
for sustainable tourism. To explore further the issues of
energy use and tourism, the World Bank's LAC region
hosted a special session as part of a two day event on
sustainable tourism in April 2008. When energy consumption
and carbon emissions grow due to the expansion of the
tourism industry, so too do the economic benefits in terms
of jobs and incomes for the countries of Latin America. To
maintain a vibrant and growing tourist industry while
reducing the carbon footprint, the session emphasized the
need for the region to address two key issues: 'the
mitigation of GHG emissions, derived from transport and
accommodations activities, and the application of existing
and new technologies to improve energy efficiency.'
(United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), 2007)
The session therefore highlighted new initiatives in GHG
mitigation and innovative uses of renewable energy in
LAC's tourism sector. This En Breve describes recent
efforts by national governments, the private sector, and
international organizations to address the challenges of
climate change and carbon emissions in the tourism sector. |
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