Tourism2030 - November2021-11-30T13:58:04Ztag:destinet.eu,2021-11-30:/News/2021/11https://destinet.eu/misc_/EnviroWindows/Site.gifECOTRANSTourism2030CoP 26 - Tourism as a Driver for Climate Neutralitytag:destinet.eu,2021-11-01:/News/2021/11/cop-26-tourism-as-a-driver-for-climate-neutrality2021-11-01T09:23:24ZGordon SillenceGordon Sillence<p>With the CoP 26 global climate change conference taking place in Glasgow this week, the future of tourism now clearly shows we must both prevent catastrophic climate changes and prepare for extreme weather wherever we are. The<strong> European Tourism Going Green 2030 project (ETGG 2030)</strong> is helping small businesses do just that, and will be showcased in Glasgow on12th November on a world stage so that all tourism stakeholders can see how to contribute to being part of the solution and not just part of the problem. (Please attend the live session on 12th November 11.30 -12.30 UK time at <a href="https://www.cop26eusideevents.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cop26eusideevents.eu/&source=gmail&ust=1635844126091000&usg=AFQjCNFOR3uTFFHtfNYgdxCsRP3lzzvMfA">https://www.cop26eusideevents.<wbr />eu/</a>)</p>
<p>The ETGG 2030 project is funded by the COSME programme of the EU to give up to 10,000 Euros to SMEs to transform their businesses by undertaking special training on how to be more responsible and sustainable, using tourism sustainability certification to show their efforts are not just greenwash. Piloting in 6 European countries, SMEs will be invited early next year to apply for a grant to enter the programme to receive expert help to go green. Successful candidates will then qualify to enter the worlds largest 3<sup>rd</sup> party assessed sustainable tourism global market place to boost their market access by being part of local to global sustainable consumption and production supply chains.</p>
<p>The tourism sector and its stakeholders have a lot at stake in the climate change debate, and need to be fully represented in the planning an management of mitigation and adaptation measures that governments will undertake to implement the Climate Change Convention. ETGG 2030 is taking this message to Glasgow and plans to broadcast the CoP 26 outcomes to tourism stakeholders across Europe. Destination administrations, small businesses, business support organisations and sustainability information providers are being urged to cluster their efforts to ensure we are all on a common path towards the Agenda 2030 sustainable development goals.</p>
<p>For further information please see <a href="/who-who/civil-society-ngos/etgg2030">https://destinet.eu/who-who/civil-society-ngos/etgg2030</a> or contact your national ETGG 2030 representative.</p>
<p> </p>Book Review: Cultural Cycles and Climate Change to Better Understand CoP26tag:destinet.eu,2021-11-11:/News/2021/11/book-review-cultural-cycles-and-climate-change-to-better-understand-cop262021-11-11T17:54:22ZGordon SillenceGordon Sillence<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Book Review: Cultural Cycles and Climate Change –</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>A 9-Step Action Plan from More Quiet Time to a Good Life.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">by Paul Palmarozza</strong><strong><br /></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">With the current the UN CoP 26 climate change gathering of the great and good now taking place in Glasgow, it’s useful for those interested in the depth and extent of this critical issue to draw attention to the publication: <em>‘Cultural Cycles and Climate Change’</em> by <em>Paul Palmarozza</em>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He reminds us that the development of humankind follows great cycles rather than a simplistic linear evolution. At this point of Global Change, the perceived crisis of climate change is placed into this cyclical context so that we can analyse the human condition associated with periods of immense transformation. The book has a 9- step plan as a practical solution to meet our contemporary challenges, but it first offers an understanding of the great cycles of human society as seen through the various Vedic (Indian) Chinese and European cultures. To quote the introduction:</span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <em>“The 21st-century is fateful in two respects. First, it is likely the make or break century for the future of (hu)mankind. Second, working out this future sustainability, creatively and universally will need to embrace the entire human community. Our shared destiny demands that the resources of wisdom, knowledge and capability of all contribute to the success of this striving. Works like this are essential software to help us towards this joined awareness.’</em></span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> What is essentially excellent about this publication’s message is that <em>we all need to move to a more caring and compassionate value system</em> in order that the actions of climate change adaptation and mitigation will be carried out to meet this make or break challenge.</span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> The book is far from the science or policy of the climate change adaptation and mitigation measures discussion taking place at CoP at the moment. It’s clear that no one in the suited corridors of power wishes to highlight the greed, ignorance and desire that underlies nation-state selfishness.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">However there is a 9-step Involving steps 1 to 3 to acknowledge the need; 4 to 6 for more quiet time; and 7- 9 valuing service and tackling climate change. In the section called ‘key elements to a solution’ He calls for in the ninth step: rational laws; care for trees and forests; engaging the power of the young; reducing our personal carbon footprint; and serving the common good. As general as this advice seems to be it still needs to be given, and we can see many outputs of CoP26 addressing these issues, without calling for the end of the iniquitous system of our economic hierarchy that drives the crises.</span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> In theoretical terms the reader would have been better served had the book – alongside its significant analysis of both easter and western cultural epochs - included a dialectical or historical materialist perspective on human cycles. The author could have also given acknowledgement to the Mayan culture, which has excelled at showing us all how the universe works in cycles of space and time and predicting the birthing pangs of this solar age with remarkable foresight and calendar accuracy, since they forecast these troubled times as the end of a 5000 year cycle.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">By these omissions the author does not provide a conflict model of development, which is currently occurring between the 6 1/2 billion have nots and the 1% and their state capitalist cohort of bankers, administrators, security forces and elite middle-to-high income consumers. Neither do we gain an understanding of the significant positive meaning of the Mayan calendar itself -the Tzolkin - with all its understanding of the passage of the last 5000 years of human history and its culmination in this current millennium turning point when human consciousness has finally reached its full gestation and we have become quantumly illuminated by the knowledge and light of this new solar millennium.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Had this understanding being apparent I’m sure Mr Palmarozza would be pleased by the suggestion that we take his message that all of us make more quiet time to reflect so that we can make better decisions, better choices, and thereby act with informed wisdom and compassion as we take full control of our path through history to be truly civilized as a society.</span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> For me personally -as both a sustainability professional and meditation practitioner- I welcome this book as part of the collection of significant works such as Schumacher’s ‘<em>Small is Beautiful’</em> that come along in different generations to provide guidance on human scale personal changes, and develop solutions that involve improved individual morality and more considerate value systems in order that the collective effect is transformed for the better. We undertake the quieting down and simplification of our lifestyles by making small individual ethical consumption and production changes in order that our society can survive its growth into society 10 billion strong, resource efficient, resilient, in harmony, un-alienated and compassionate.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As an isolated champion of the need to promote the core value system of Agenda 21 (Peace prosperity planet for all) <em>in parallel with</em> the need for to develop its socio-economic and environmental certification, reporting and monitoring systems, I believe this book adds intellectual weight and clarity to that dual call, which is unfortunately so contrary and discordant with the materialistic craving and selfishness of mass society that ultimately underlies the Global Change crises we have created for the benefit of the few over the many..</span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Researching this on the day that the ultra right-wing Conservative Brave New Brexit wartime (sic) government ruling in Britain cuts the foreign aid budget to 0.5%, effectively wiping £4 billion from the lives of the poorest, and then hearing Rishi Sunak’s financial fiasco feat of greenwashing corporate responsibly with his green briefcase and non-binding rhetoric, shows that we need this new social- green value system urgently and unequivocally, especially for our political, juridical and business leaders. </span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> May CoP 26 and the people who make and ratify its policies and programs truly adopt such a compassionate perspective, and work tirelessly -as the Agenda 2030 clearly states - ‘with no-one left behind.’ Thank you for showing us our historical patterns of creativity and destruction Mr Palmarozza, that we might confront, mitigate and adapt to global change with the required knowledge and wisdom bought to us by living the path of meditation, contemplation. justice and compassion.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You can contact Gordon directly about this article at <a href="mailto:gordon.destinet@ecotrans.de">gordon.destinet@ecotrans.de</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>Watch "Sustainable Tourism as a driver ..." on 12 Nov 11:30 GTM tag:destinet.eu,2021-11-11:/News/2021/11/watch-sustainable-tourism-on-12-nov-11-30-gtm2021-11-11T13:52:20ZHerbert HameleHerbert Hamele<table style="width: 800px; background-color: #0079bc; border-color: #0079bc;">
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The event entitled <strong>“Sustainable tourism as a driver to achieving global climate neutrality”</strong> is under the topic “Sustainable Transport” . It involves three different entities as organizers (Mirabilia network of chambers of commerce (lead), Municipality of Poggibonsi and ECOTRANS (co-organizers), which are sharing the same willingness to collaborate and establishing synergies. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The global level "top down" approach of the panel (connected from Glasgow), will be followed by a "bottom up" local level approach connected from local municalities in Tuscany and the last panel connected from Caserta will bring the European and national dimension together with concrete actions and proposals, looking beyond COP26.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Moderator, Cinzia De Marzo, EU Climate Pact Ambassador and EuCliPa Italy member<br /></span>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Panel 1 – Global level approach</strong><br />✓ Gordon Sillence, Travel Green Planet<br />✓ Geoffrey Lipman, President SunXMalta<br />✓ Oliver Hillel, Secretariat Conv Biodiversity/UNEP in Montreal<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Panel 2 – Local level approach</strong><br />✓ Roberto Gambassi - Councilor for Mobility and Environment, Municipality of Poggibonsi<br />✓ Claudio Torsellini and Cristiano Pellegrin, Province of Siena<br />✓ Alberto Berti – Mobility Manager of the Metropolitan City of Florence<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Panel 3 – European dimension bringing together the 2 levels-</strong><br />✓ Vito Signati, Director of Mirabilia Network<br />✓ Herbert Hamele, President of Ecotrans network<br />✓ Giuseppe Riello, President of the chamber of commerce of Verona, Vice President of Unioncamere - Delegate for ecological transition, Italy</span></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This event is part of the EU Pavilion programme in the framework of COP26. <br /></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the EU position. </span></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Organisers<br /></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mirabilia Network of Chambers of commerce<br /></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ecotrans Network for Tourism Sustainability<br /></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Municipality of Poggibonsi<br /></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Session number: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11.O.2</span></em></p>
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<p><em> </em></p>COP26: EU helps deliver outcome to keep the Paris Agreement targets alivetag:destinet.eu,2021-11-19:/News/2021/11/cop26-eu-helps-deliver-outcome-to-keep-the-paris-agreement-targets-alive2021-11-19T15:54:36ZHerbert HameleHerbert Hamele<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At the end of the COP26 UN Climate Conference today, the European Commission supported the consensus reached by over 190 countries after two weeks of intense negotiations. COP26 resulted in the completion of the Paris Agreement rulebook and kept the Paris targets alive, giving us a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Commission President Ursula <strong>von der Leyen</strong> said: <em>"</em><em>We have made progress on the three objectives we set at the start of COP26: First, to get commitments to cut emissions to keep within reach the global warming limit of 1.5 degrees. Second, to reach the target of 100 billion dollars per year of climate finance to developing and vulnerable countries. And third, to get agreement on the Paris rulebook. This gives us confidence that we can provide a safe and prosperous space for humanity on this planet. But there will be no time to relax: there is still hard work ahead.”</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_6021" target="_new">Read the full press release</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>What is your opinion on this?</em></strong></span></p>
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