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.Sustainable Tourism:Leading the Change

Towards a Green Economy

World Tourism Forum Lucerne, 18 April 2013

Arab HoballahChief, SCP

United Nations Environment Programme


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.CONTENTS:SCOPE

Status of Sustainability in Tourism

Drivers of a Green Economy &Resource Efficiency

Key Actions over the Next Decade

Conclusions

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Our Focus: Resource Use/Efficiency & SCP:besides numbers, natural resources & ecosystems

Sustainable Consumption and Production(SCP); from Rio 1992 to Rio 2012: from major cause to overarching

objective to adoption. A progressive change in mindsets and behavior; Para 224-226 of the RIO+20 Outcomes Document

We recognize that fundamental changes in the waysocieties consume and produce are indispensable for

achieving global sustainable development 10-Year Framework of Programmes

(10YFP) on SCP adopted

Not just an Env. issue but clearly a social

and economic issue;

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RIO+20 Outcomes document: Sustainable tourism emphasized as a

key vehicle for sustainable development:(Paragraph #130 of Outcomes Document)

well-designed and managed tourism

can:

make a significant contribution to the three

dimensions of sustainable development has close linkages to other sectors

can create decent jobs

generate trade opportunities


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Contd paragraph #130:

Recognize the need to support:

sustainable tourism activities

relevant capacity-building that:

promotes environmental awareness,

conserves and protects the environment,

respects wildlife, flora, biodiversity, ecosystems

and cultural diversity, and

improves the welfare and livelihoods of local

communities by supporting their local

economies and the human and natural

environment as a whole


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RIO+20 Outcomes Document: Paragraph#131

encourage the promotion of investment

in sustainable tourism, including eco-

tourism and cultural tourism e.g. by:

creating small and medium-sized enterprises

facilitating access to finance

Including e.g. microcredit initiatives for the poor,

indigenous peoples and local communities inareas with high eco-tourism potential


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UNEP/SCP: Multi-sectors approach necessary

Integrated Resource

Management

International Resource Panel

Life Cycle Management

Goods and Services

10 Year Framework ofProgrammes (10YFP)

Mainstreaming SCP policies in

development policies

Sustainable Tourism Programme

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Business and Industry

Resource Efficiency andCleaner Production (NCPCs)

Safer and ResponsibleProduction

Business and CESR

Responsible Consumption

Sustainable Public Procurement Eco-labeling/product information

tools

Sustainable Lifestyles

Sustainable Agri-food supplychains

Built Environment Sustainable Buildings & Climate

Initiative

Sustainable Cities


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SustainableTourism

10YFPSecretariat

GlobalPartnership

forSustainable

Tourism

GlobalFoodWaste

Campaign

GreenPassport

Campaign

Project design,

implementation

and monitoring;

Uniting

stakeholders

Consumers

and

sustainable

choices

Minimizing food wastes;

Responsible purchasing

Sustainable tourism

including ecotourism

Programmes

UNDP &UNWTO:Green

Economy

ILO:

GreenJobs

UNIDO:

NCPCs

UNEP Tourism Programme - Activities


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Two common sides of Tourism:

A well managed tourismWell integrated in national policy;

Local and national economic advantages;

Distribution of resources and local income;Local development, income and jobs;

improved infrastructure (localized);

Cultural promotion and exchanges;

Protect natural areas and biodiversity;

Reduce poverty;

Support, drive, sustain local and national

development;

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Sustainability and Tourism: challengesand opportunities


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Two common sides of Tourism:

A poorly managed tourism:No national vision for tourism development;

Tourism development not well integrated in

national and local policies;Cultural impacts and negative consequences on

local rights;

Pollution and destruction of ecosystems;

Impacts on cultural and natural heritage;

More benefits at national and external level than

local;

Increase of local prices;

wasteful activity: water, energy, food.

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Tourism very sensitive to climate change:

Similar sensitiveness as agriculture, insurances

and energy;

Can affect tourism plan more than insecurity, as

CC more long term impacts;

Poor countries with attractive natural resourcesand landscapes depend a lot on tourism;

Islands and SIDS very dependant on tourism

and CC impacts;

Negative trends for next 20 years at least;Importance of mitigation through Resource

Efficiency;

behavioral change, responsible consumption

and production will be essential; ;

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I. Development-Environment Imbalances:Accelerated development and rapid environmental

changes outpacing management capacity

II. Planning vs. Implementation: Abundance of Plans limited implementation success

Africa

Policy barriers

Lack of Understandingof sustainabletourism

Insufficient incentive tooperate sustainably

Financial constraints

Lack of sustainabilitytools

Poor stakeholderrelationships especiallybetween communities

Asia-Pacific

Lack of policy and plancommitment tosustainability andlimited implementationsuccess

Inconsistency inunderstanding andapplying sustainabletourism principles

Insufficient access totechnical and financialassistance

Fragmentation of

tourism stakeholders

Caribbe

an

Low priority forsustainability bygovernments

Lack of understandingof sustainabletourism

Lack of awareness ofavailable sustainabletourism financing

Fragmentation amongstakeholders

Findings of Sustainable Tourism Situation Analyses

in different regions

Status of Sustainability in Tourism2


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Main Barriers to Sustainable TourismRegional Surveys, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism,

2012

Lack of understanding of the concept ofsustainability and its application

Low levels of integration of tourism with othersectors

Small businesses and communities thatremain marginalized from the tourism valuechain

Many organizations doing work that is notnecessarily meeting country priorities

Lack of measured outcomes at destinations

An over-reliance on nature based assets


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Over reliance onnatural - especiallycoastal assets

Critical mass ofsustainable operationsnot yet attained

Management capability isineffective (ad hoc approachesto sustainability)

Biodiversity lossesincreasing andecosystem integritydeclining

Resource useintensifying

Continuing Upward Trending of

Tourism Impacts & Issues


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Tourism is a primary vehicle for a society based on:

Resource efficiency and SCP

Tourism as a key sector toward

the shift towards a Green Economy

Natural resources i.e.ecosystems and biodiversity

recognized as a vital asset

- High consumption ofresources

- Tourism sectorscontribution to global CO2

emissions is calculated tobe about 5%

High vulnerability toimpacts of natural

hazards, climate change,and changes in natural

resources

K f UNEP


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Key messages from UNEPs

Green Economy Initiative

Prioritize green investment in budgets (private and public)

Create public-private green investment fundingmechanisms

Improve enabling conditions at destinations (e.g.fiscal/pricing policy, standards, education & training)

Promote sustainability via global instruments (e.g. tradeagreements, IPRs, ODA, technology transfer,environmental agreements)


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DecoupleEconomic

Growth fromEnvironmental

Degradation

EnvironmentallySound

Technologies

New Approachesand Tools forIndustry

Mainstreaming ofEnvironment intoEconomics

Changes inBehaviour

Drivers of a Green Economy & Resource Efficiency3

The concept of a green economy does not replace sustainable development, but

there is now a growing recognition that achieving sustainability rests almost entirely

on getting the economy right.The Green Economy Report


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Drivers of a Green Economy & Resource Efficiency3

Planning

Operations &Management

Investment

Promotion &Marketing

CapacityBuilding

Products &Services

Monitoring& Evaluation

Adopting aTourism Life

Cycle Approach

& Supply Chain

Ab h Gl b l P hi f


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About the Global Partnership for

Sustainable Tourism

MISSION To transform the way tourism is

done worldwide, by promoting

sustainability through clear policies,

successful projects and the sharing

of knowledge and experience.

Convening

PowerBringing

together tourismstakeholders: public

& private sectors,

NGOs, UN

agencies, donors,etc.

Results-based

Project

Implementationmonitoring and evaluating

projects, endorsing the

most innovative and

transformative for seed

funding and donorfunding

From

Knowledge

to Solutionstraining and

access to the

best available

knowledge,

solutions

Adding Value Through.


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Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism

7 Priority and Global Themes

Influencing Sustainable Outcomes

CRITERIA PROMOTE: Balance of the 3 pillars ofsustainability through..

Indicators of performance and success Innovative project design

Destination priorities & issues Measurement, monitoring & reporting

Climate Change

Biodiversity/

Environment


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Global PartnersNetwork

of 90

PartnersWorldwide

40%

23%10%

27%

Not-for-ProfitOrganizations

Government/Local Authorities

Private Sector

HonoraryCom

position
http://www.globalsustainabletourism.com/Members/45-Moroccan-department-of-Tourism-.html


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Energy:

40 % Savings

by 2050

Modal Shifts:Less C-

intensive

transport

Short Haultrips

(behaviour)

EnergyEfficiency

TechnologyInnovations

Water:

0.1-9.6 yearpayback

Devices &Saving

Technologies

ConservationBehaviours &

Practices

Waste Minimization Recycling Reusing

Investing in Resource Efficiency

Key Actions Over the Next Decade


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GreeningJobs in

Services:

EnergyManagement

Water

Conservation

WasteManagement

SupplySide

Strategies:

Local HiringSourcing for

remanu-facturing

Technology &Process

Innovations

DecentWork:

Quality Jobs &Working

Conditions

CareerDevelopment

Empowerment

Employment



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Key Actions Over the Next Decade4

Mainstreaming Sustainable Tourism via 6 Key Steps

(Green Economy as the Framework)

Clarity ofVision

Balanced

Approaches

1. PolicyFrameworks

Partnership &Planning

Shared risks,rewards

2. StakeholderManagement Mitigating

Risks

Multiplier

effect

3. Supply ChainManagement

1st 3 steps: People & Organizations


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Coherent AgencyMandates

Relevant tonational vision,goal

4. Program &Project Portfolios

Indicators ofSuccess

Progress &

Performance

5. Measuring

Outcomes Best practicesprevailing

ContinuousImprovement

6. TransformativeLearning

Next 3 Steps: Achieving Success

Mainstreaming Sustainable Tourism via 6 Key Steps; contd

Systematic Planning & Implementation of all 6 key steps


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10 Year Framework of

Programmes on SCP

Initial List ofProgrammes

SustainablePublic

Procurement

Consumer

Information

SustainableLifestyles

andEducation Sustainable

Buildings

andConstruction

SustainableTourism incl.Ecotourism



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Developing the 10YFP Programme On

Sustainable Tourism

Research &

Consultation

Agreement onelements of the

programme

Submission to theSecretariat andtemplate on-line

for finalcomments

Review by theSecretariat and

support of theBoard

Programmelaunching andimplementation



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Conclusions: Importance of Uniting Stakeholders5

Private Sector

Innovate

Perform

Train

Reduce

Governments

Transform

Regulate

Promote

Incentivize

Civil Society

Campaign

Verify

Monitor

Collaborate

Lead

Navigate

Manage

Cooperate

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Conclusions

In about 30 years, +3 billion New Middle

Class Consumers expected;Demand for resources and for Tourismservices to increase;

Need for more hotels, more energy, water,food, transport means;

Tourism development and tourists asconsumers, allies or enemies to development

and SD;Still a very long way !!

Tourism, engine for local development andpoverty eradication; a huge challenge but notimpossible.


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Arab HoballahTel: +33 (0)1 44 37 14 39

E-mail:[email protected]

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