BUILDING SUSTAINABLE TOURISM WORLDWIDE Tourism Sector: Implementing Climate Change Solutions

1. BUILDING SUSTAINABLE TOURISM WORLDWIDE Tourism Sector: Implementing Climate Change Solutions Tourisme et Changement Climatique Un défi global, Des solutions locales Agadir, Morocco 8 & 9 Juin 2012

2. About the Global Partnership MISSION To transform the way tourism is done worldwide, by promoting sustainability through clear policies, successful projects and the sharing of knowledge and experience. • Adding Value Through…. • Convening Power: Bringing together tourism stakeholders in the public & private sector, NGOs, UN agencies and donors • Results-based Project Implementation: monitoring and evaluating projects, endorsing the most innovative and transformative for seed funding and eventually for donor funding • From Knowledge to Solutions: access to be best available knowledge, solutions and training 2

3. Global Partners Network of 87 Partners Worldwide… www.globalsustainabletourism.com 3

4. 7 Priority and Global Themes • Support of effective policy frameworks and good governance Preservation of the cultural and natural heritage Adoption of sustainable management practices by the private sector • Climate change adaptation and mitigation • Promotion of sustainable tourism to alleviate poverty Sustainable Tourism Project Screening Criteria • Protection of the environment and biodiversity Integration of sustainability factors into financing and investment decisions

5. Core Business Activities • Promoting sustainability in projects – screening criteria, replicating, and scaling-up successful projects, monitoring and evaluation • Networking and cooperation among partners and international agencies • Capacity building, knowledge sharing and dissemination of best practices • Advocatingsustainable tourism policies 5

6. Sustainable Tourism UNWTO’s definition of “sustainable tourism”: "Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities” Refers to…the condition of tourism….not a type of tourism

7. UNEP’s Sustainable Tourism Programme: 3-Dimensional Life Cycle Approach “Repetition is the Mother of Skill” ENABLING POLICY FRAMEWORK (Implementation) MARKET FORCES AND SIGNALS Approaches: -Multi-stakeholders -Cross-sectoral Laws and Regulations LIFE CYCLE Employment Tourism planning Destination Assets National, Local Tourism Plans Carbon footprint Monitor & Evaluate Tourism investments Mainstreaming SCP into National Development Strategies Learn Do Learn Continuous improvement- quality & service Consumption efficiency Fiscal & Economic Instruments Tourism Products & Services Tourism operations & management Marketing & Promotion Education and Information on SCP Land Use Planning Responsible practices -Performance -Sustainability -Technology Infrastructure Design, Form & Function Sustainable Public Procurement Shareholder value Consumer Patterns & Choices Pricing

8. Working with Destinations Programme and project development International, national & regional partners, donors and contributors

9. Impacts of Climate Change on theTourism in the Mediterranean Economic loss; deteriorating quality of life Decrease in destination attractiveness & competitiveness, shifting tourism flows

10. Overcoming Barriers to Implementation

11. Overcoming Barriers to Implementation

12. Project Screening Criteria Transformation

13. Current profile of the Tourism Sector (North Africa) • Emphasis on economic growth • Heavy reliance on coastal resources and assets • Lack of product diversification • Unclear definition of roles and responsibilities between organizations • Limited human and financial capacities • Needed • Integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in the regional/national tourism plan to improve the sector’s resilience • Inter-sectoral capacity building for project implementation • Monitoring and measuring – for informed decision-making

14. Country Strategies for Climate Change

15. Private Sector in the Mediterranean

16. Private Sector in the Mediterranean

17. Private Sector in the Caribbean Electricity Consumption and CO2 Emissions for the Barbados Hotel Sector (Slide courtesy: the Caribbean Hotel Energy Action – CHENACT – Project, 2012)

18. Private Sector in the Caribbean Energy Usage per Guest night by Hotel Size Slide courtesy: the Caribbean Hotel Energy Action – CHENACT – Project, 2012

19. Private Sector in the Caribbean Hotel Sector Opportunities: • Average potential electricity savings near 40% of total hotel’s consumption • Most savings are related to: • 1) Retrofit of present mini split unit systems to high efficient AC systems (such as inverter type variable refrigerant volume (VRV) system ) with heat recovery for supplying hot water also. • 2) Installation of high efficient lighting systems. • Average total paid back period around 2.5 years • Total investment costs between US$200,000 and US$550,000 depending on property size Slide Courtesy: the Caribbean Hotel Energy Action – CHENACT – Project, 2012

20. Conclusions

21. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism Coordinating Office c/o UNEP Division of Technology Industry and Economics Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch 15 rue de Milan,75441 Paris FRANCE Tel:  +33 1 44 37 14 50 Fax: +33 1 44 37 14 74 Email: office@globalsustainabletourism.com Website: www.GlobalSustainableTourism.com