{"id":5871,"date":"2012-08-17T13:49:43","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T21:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=5871"},"modified":"2012-08-17T13:49:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T21:49:43","slug":"from-united-nations-environment-programme-climate-change-adaptation-and-mitigation-in-the-tourism-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/from-united-nations-environment-programme-climate-change-adaptation-and-mitigation-in-the-tourism-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"(from United Nations Environment Programme) ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector’"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN EXCERPT:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Accordingto UNWTO-UNEP-WMO (2008), emissions from tourism, including transports,
\naccommodation and activities (excluding the energy used for constructions and
\nfacilities for example) account for about 5% of global CO2 emissions. However,
\nother greenhouse gases also make signifi cant contributions to global warming. In
\nthe tourism sector, this is particularly relevant for emissions from aviation. In 2005,
\ntourism\u2019s contribution to global warming was estimated to contribute between
\n5% and 14% to the overall warming caused by human emissions of greenhouse
\ngasses (for more details see section 5).<\/p>\n

Of the warming caused by emissions of greenhouse gas emissions. According
\nto UNWTO-UNEP-WMO (2008), emissions from tourism, including transports,
\naccommodation and activities (excluding the energy used for constructions and
\nfacilities for example) account for about 5% of global CO2 emissions. However,
\nother greenhouse gases also make signi\ufb01cant contributions to global warming. In
\nthe tourism sector, this is particularly relevant for emissions from aviation. In 2005,<\/strong>
\n tourism\u2019s contribution to global warming was estimated to contribute between<\/strong>
\n 5% and 14% to the overall warming caused by human emissions of greenhouse<\/strong>
\n gasses…<\/strong><\/p>\n

By 2035, tourism\u2019s contribution to climate change may have grown considerably<\/strong>. A
\nrecent scenario developed by the expert team of the technical report in the UNWTO-
\nUNEP-WMO (2008) publication considers different emission pathways, including a
\n\u2018business as usual\u2019 projection based on anticipated growth rates in tourist arrivals,
\nas well as distances travelled by various means of transport. These projections
\nindicate that in terms of the number of trips made, global tourism will grow by
\n179%, while guest nights will grow by 156%. Passenger kilometres travelled will
\nrise by 222%, while CO2 emissions will increase at somewhat lower levels (152%)
\ndue to ef\ufb01ciency improvements. The share of aviation-related emissions will grow
\nfrom 40% in 2005 to 52% by 2035. Tourism\u2019s contribution to global warming
\nincluding all greenhouse gasses will be even larger, with an expected increase in
\nradiative forcing of up to 188%, most of this once again caused by aviation.<\/strong> The<\/strong>
\n development of emissions from tourism and their contribution to global warming<\/strong>
\n is thus in stark contrast to the international community\u2019s climate change mitigation<\/strong>
\n goals for the coming decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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AN EXCERPT:\u00a0\u00a0 Accordingto UNWTO-UNEP-WMO (2008), emissions from tourism, including transports, accommodation and activities (excluding the energy used for constructions and facilities for example) account for about 5% of global CO2 emissions. However, other greenhouse gases also make signifi cant contributions to global warming. In the tourism sector, this is particularly relevant for emissions from aviation. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5871"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5877,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5871\/revisions\/5877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}