Two global initiatives, the Future of Tourism Coalition and Tourism Declares, have come together to develop a “blueprint” for climate action in destinations. The blueprint will combine the frameworks, tools, best practices and resources required for destinations to deliver action plans that align tourism with efforts to reduce global emissions by at least 50 percent before 2030 and minimize the impact of global warming.
The blueprint will be published in time for the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland November 1-12, and will be available as a free, practical resource for anyone to use. The hope is that the blueprint will be adopted as the standard approach to scale up climate action and transform the industry. Other climate action blueprints are also being created by Tourism Declares for accommodation providers and tour operators.
Supporters and members of both the Future of Tourism and Tourism Declares initiatives will help co-create the destination blueprint, and a smaller group of “Destination Climate Leaders” will be identified to lead the process. Progress will be shared regularly on the Tourism Declares and Future of Tourism websites and other channels to encourage wider consultation and contributions from anyone working on this issue.
The Future of Tourism Coalition itself has recently declared a climate emergency and will be encouraging its 500-strong community of organizations signed-up to their 13 Guiding Principles to also “declare”.
If you are interested in learning more or contributing in any way, contact info@tourismdeclares.com or visit www.futureoftourism.org or www.tourismdeclares.com.
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