UN: climate change affecting tourism

2 Oct 2008 | Author: Jeanette Wiemers, newsbriefs editor | Print version | Send to a friend

World Tourism Organization aims to help travel industry cope with climate change

On World Tourism Day, celebrated on September 27, the UN World Tourism Organization hosted a think-tank on how the tourism industry can respond to climate change and develop practical solutions to help the sector cope with global warming. In addition, a new portal—ClimateSolutions.travel—was launched, with sector-specific solutions for dealing with climate change and achieving what the organization calls “Climate Neutral Tourism.”

Would you like to know more about the green strategies of Europe's top companies? Then have a look at our environmental strategy event coming up soon in Amsterdam.

If you would like to know more about how large companies are taking climate change and making it part of their strategy, you might be interested in finding out about our climate change summit on 17-18 February 2009 in London.

And, if you are interested in how big companies are tackling water concerns take a look at the water and business summit. 100 industry leaders to discuss water as business critical this November in London.

There are also some new climate change business intelligence reports available. On emissions trading, offsetting, reducing carbon, and reporting.

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