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A<\/span>n international project to reduce tourism\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions and improve resource efficiency has been launched in Mauritius. The four-year project,\u00a0\u201cTransforming Tourism Value Chains in developing countries and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to accelerate more resilient, resource efficient, low carbon development<\/a>\u201d,\u00a0is led by UN Environment and supported by\u00a0\u20ac5 million from the International Climate Initiative on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety. The Travel Foundation is the lead implementing partner in both Mauritius and Saint Lucia, while other agencies lead in the Philippines and the Dominican Republic. The four islands have been selected primarily because tourism is an essential part of their economies.<\/p>\n

Without introducing greener practices, by 2050 tourism\u2019s energy use and greenhouse gas emissions are set to double, with even greater increases in water use and waste disposal.<\/p>\n

The project will focus on the accommodation and food & beverage sectors, and meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE). It will first uncover \u201chotspots\u201d in tourism operations across the value chain, to identify and prioritise opportunities for resource efficiencies.\u00a0 This will lead to national action plans with specific targets for emission reductions and resource efficiency. Participating stakeholders will benefit from tools to help measure their environmental impact, expert advice, communication campaigns, training and capacity building. There will also be a series of policy recommendations aimed at enabling and incentivising a greener, low carbon future for tourism.<\/p>\n

The aim is that, by the end of the project, at least 100 businesses linked to tourism will have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions. The findings and recommendations will also be shared with other countries to enable further replication.<\/p>\n

Salli Felton, CEO of the Travel Foundation, said: \u201cTourism relies on healthy ecosystems and can often be a positive force behind conservation efforts. Yet it is through more efficient use of natural resources that the industry can, and must, make a difference at scale. By the end of this project we will have provided Mauritius and Saint Lucia with support and national policy recommendations that will lead to greener tourism economies and benefits for both businesses and the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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