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Leading the Challenge on Climate Change. WTTC
| Keywords | Climate Change, Sustainable Tourism, Green Economy |
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| URL | http://www.wttc.org/bin/pdf/original_pdf_file/climate_change_final.pdf |
Many leaders from our industry have harnessed the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change. Sustainable development strategies, ecoplanning and responsible operations are becoming commonplace. This report offers a shared vision for our industry which aims to build on the work already underway and to guide the progressive development of new business models decoupling growth from increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The report sets out ten actions which will make a progressive difference to efforts tackling climate change. These are based on an industry aspiration to reduce total CO2 emissions by 2035 by no less than 50% from their 2005 levels. It sets an interim target of reducing CO2 emissions by 30% by 2020, assuming there is an international agreement on global emission reduction, or by 25% by 2020 in the absence of such an agreement.
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