Travel and Tourism Industries Persuaded Toward a Low Carbon Economy
The World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen, which was held May 24 - 26, is where global business leaders gathered together for the presentation by the World Economic Forum about responding to climate change.
The report ‘Towards a Low Carbon Travel and Tourism Sector’ represents a collaboration between the World Economic Forum, UNWTO, UNEP, the International Civil Aviation Organization and Tourism and Travel business leaders. Efforts are being made to lessen greenhouse gas emission in varying areas of the travel industry, such as transport and accommodation.
The study also includes innovative methods that may be used to finance and transform towards a green economy and believes public-private partnerships may be a solution. The crucial issue discussed in the study is how to efficiently shift toward a low carbon lifestyle that can be sustained. According to Geoffrey Limpan, UNWTO Assistant Secretary, the study is meant to draw attention to the travel and tourism industries in regards to climate changes and lessening carbon emissions.
The study points out that collectively, consumers, industry stakeholders and governments can improve the low carbon sustainability of travel. This will enable continued growth of the sector and sustain the economic development of nations.
The need to continually address climate change and poverty along with the economic crisis was also discussed in the report.
