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|Description=SUNx - Strong Universal Network - is a new system for Tourism destinations and stakeholders to build Climate Resilience in line with the targets of the Paris Agreement through “Climate Friendly Travel.” | |Description=SUNx - Strong Universal Network - is a new system for Tourism destinations and stakeholders to build Climate Resilience in line with the targets of the Paris Agreement through “Climate Friendly Travel.” | ||
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SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Registry for 2050 Climate Neutral & Sustainability Ambitions | SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Registry for 2050 Climate Neutral & Sustainability Ambitions | ||
The idea of a Climate Neutral 2050 Ambitions Registry was built into the Paris 2015 Agreement, as a way for Parties to transparently declare and progressively increase their Carbon reduction ambitions through 2050, so as to secure global temperature stabilized at tolerable levels for human survival. | The idea of a Climate Neutral 2050 Ambitions Registry was built into the Paris 2015 Agreement, as a way for Parties to transparently declare and progressively increase their Carbon reduction ambitions through 2050, so as to secure global temperature stabilized at tolerable levels for human survival. | ||
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https://climatefriendly.travel/ | https://climatefriendly.travel/ | ||
− | |Goals= | + | |Goals=SUNx Malta is a legacy program to continue the vision of the late Maurice Strong, UN Climate and Sustainable Development leader for over half a century. A catalyst for sector transformation to Climate Friendly Travel – Low Carbon: SDG linked: Paris 1.5 We are working, with the support of the government of Malta, and the WTTC to make the Secretary General’s vision of “Climate Friendly Travel” a pathway for a Green and Clean Recovery. And we are using the UN’s own Global Strategic Climate and Sustainability Framework, with its agreed timelines, to do so. |
− | |Activities= | + | |
− | • | + | 2030 GREEN Recovery - the SDG's The 17 Sustainable Development Goals, with 169 targets, 200+ indicators and a 2030 delivery are the global blueprint for countries, communities, companies, and consumers to select, prioritise and plan their own distinctive sustainability patterns and timetables. |
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− | • | + | 2050 CLEAN Recovery - the Paris Climate Agreement with its 1.5o trajectory, nationally determined contributions and a 2050 delivery is an equally unique global stakeholder blueprint and timeline. |
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− | + | With the leadership of Malta’s Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection Julia, Farrugia Portelli, we have introduced three important tools this year to support Travel & Tourism’s, Green/Clean transformation, in line with the UN framework. | |
− | • | + | |Activities=In the past 12 months we have laid the following Foundations for our work: |
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+ | • SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Registry, launched against the backdrop of this year’s UN General Assembly & linked to the UNFCCC Climate Action Portal, as the online tool for companies & communities to record, review and revise Climate Neutral and Sustainability Ambitions. It also enables consumers to easily check performance & make travel choices accordingly. (www.climatefriendly.travel Registrar Dr Hans Friederich / Support Rose Mukogo) | ||
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+ | • SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Diploma launched with Malta’s Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) to train the next generation of leaders to help deliver the transformation to Climate Friendly Travel at the local level. | ||
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+ | • 100,000 STRONG Climate Champions Program to engage young activists across all UN States by 2030: with an annual Maurice Strong Global Youth Summit, on Climate Friendly Travel, starting in April 2021 in Canada, Malta & Thailand. | ||
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+ | • Announced our new organization and its “Plan For Our Kids” in Malta: Brussels (in the European Parliament): London (at World Travel Market) & New York (During UN Sec. General’s Climate Action Summit). | ||
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+ | • Issued, with WTTC, our first Annual Climate Friendly Travel Ambitions Report for Travel & Tourism in the side-lines of the UN General Assembly (www.thesunprogram.com/ambitions) | ||
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+ | • Hosted our first Strong Climate Event at the time of the UN Assembly, with attendance from leaders in the sector, as well as in the broader environment movement | ||
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+ | • Launched Strong Climate Champions Programs in Cambodia & Indonesia with the EXO Travel Foundation; in Crete with Hania Hotels Association; in Guyana with the National Tourism Administration: and starting soon in Canada with Ingle International. These are prototypes for our plan for 100,000 smart young climate crisis activists, across all UN States by 2030, to help companies and communities transform. | ||
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+ | • Partnered with Les Roches in Crans Montana, to inject Climate Friendly Travel into their community focused Environment Festival with a focus on schools. | ||
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+ | • Agreed to create a global Climate Neutral 2050 Registry for Travel & Tourism Companies & Communities, linked to the UNFCCC NAZCA Register. | ||
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+ | • Hosted the first Climate Friendly Travel Think Tank in Malta, February 2020. This will | ||
+ | help strengthen global research / development frameworks, as well as improve links between concept, planning and transformation trajectories. | ||
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+ | • Proposed a Climate Neutral 2050 Moon-shot for aviation, as a primary driver of Travel & Tourism - given its increasingly isolated reliance on fossil fuel propulsion. | ||
+ | |One or two success stories achieved=Climate Friendly Travel is beginning to be supported by major industry organisations such as The World Travel & Tourism Council who are an SDG-17 Partner of SUNx Malta and a key partner in our Climate Neutral 2050 Ambitions Registry and annual Climate Friendly Travel Report. | ||
− | + | The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has issued a policy brief on the pivotal role of Tourism, in a post COVID 19 recovery and importantly he specifically called for “Climate Friendly Travel” from this vital socio-economic sector, The Secretary General is right, the climate crisis is existential, and scientists tell us we have less than a decade to put our carbon emission house in order. | |
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|Participants companies number=12 | |Participants companies number=12 | ||
|Participants companies names=Planeta.com (USA), Exo Foundation (Cambodia), Ingle International (Canada), The Ground_Up Project (Switzerland), Emerging World (United K.), International Coalition of Tourism Partners - ICTP (USA), Green Growth 2050 (Australia), Green Earth (Belgium), SUN ARK (Poland), Nationaalpark Hoge Kempen (Belgium), Earth Changers (United K.), Leading Culture Destination Awards (Unite K.) | |Participants companies names=Planeta.com (USA), Exo Foundation (Cambodia), Ingle International (Canada), The Ground_Up Project (Switzerland), Emerging World (United K.), International Coalition of Tourism Partners - ICTP (USA), Green Growth 2050 (Australia), Green Earth (Belgium), SUN ARK (Poland), Nationaalpark Hoge Kempen (Belgium), Earth Changers (United K.), Leading Culture Destination Awards (Unite K.) |
Revision as of 13:34, 5 November 2020
General
Name of initiative | SUNx Malta |
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LPAA initiative | No |
NAZCA Initiative | Yes |
Website address | www.thesunprogram.com |
Related initiatives | Launched against the backdrop of the 2020 UN General Assembly and linked to the UNFCCC Climate Action Portal, as the online tool for companies & communities to record, review and revise Climate Neutral and Sustainability Ambitions. It also enables consumers to easily check performance & make travel choices accordingly.
https://climatefriendly.travel/ Registrar Dr Hans Friederich Support Rose Mukogo |
Starting year | 2016 |
End year | |
Secretariat | Olly Wheatcroft, Program Manager, +44 7765 132408, olly@thesunprogram.com |
Organisational structure | SUNx (Strong Universal Network – the x reflects its focus on response to the eXistential Climate
Crisis) was established in 2010, as an EU based, not for profit organisation, with the support of the late Maurice Strong – one of the architects of global sustainable development – to apply his vision to the pivotal Travel & Tourism Sector. In 2019 we signed a landmark initial 5-year SDG17 Agreement with Malta Tourism Authority and Tourism Ministry to relocate to Malta as a worldwide centre for Climate Friendly Travel with a “Plan For Our Kids” Strategy. |
Geographical coverage | Global |
Name of lead organisation | SUNx |
Type of lead organisation | Other |
Location/Nationality of lead organisation | Belgium |
Description
Description | SUNx - Strong Universal Network - is a new system for Tourism destinations and stakeholders to build Climate Resilience in line with the targets of the Paris Agreement through “Climate Friendly Travel.”
SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Registry for 2050 Climate Neutral & Sustainability Ambitions The idea of a Climate Neutral 2050 Ambitions Registry was built into the Paris 2015 Agreement, as a way for Parties to transparently declare and progressively increase their Carbon reduction ambitions through 2050, so as to secure global temperature stabilized at tolerable levels for human survival. As a transformation catalyst this Registry will be open to all Travel & Tourism companies and communities, whether they have created a 2050 Carbon Neutral Ambition yet. It will cover transport, hospitality, travel services and infrastructure providers - from the smallest to the largest, anywhere in the world. It will also be a conduit to the mainstream UN Climate Action Portal. |
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Objectives | SUNx Malta is a legacy program to continue the vision of the late Maurice Strong, UN Climate and Sustainable Development leader for over half a century. A catalyst for sector transformation to Climate Friendly Travel – Low Carbon: SDG linked: Paris 1.5 We are working, with the support of the government of Malta, and the WTTC to make the Secretary General’s vision of “Climate Friendly Travel” a pathway for a Green and Clean Recovery. And we are using the UN’s own Global Strategic Climate and Sustainability Framework, with its agreed timelines, to do so.
2030 GREEN Recovery - the SDG's The 17 Sustainable Development Goals, with 169 targets, 200+ indicators and a 2030 delivery are the global blueprint for countries, communities, companies, and consumers to select, prioritise and plan their own distinctive sustainability patterns and timetables. 2050 CLEAN Recovery - the Paris Climate Agreement with its 1.5o trajectory, nationally determined contributions and a 2050 delivery is an equally unique global stakeholder blueprint and timeline. With the leadership of Malta’s Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection Julia, Farrugia Portelli, we have introduced three important tools this year to support Travel & Tourism’s, Green/Clean transformation, in line with the UN framework. |
Activities | In the past 12 months we have laid the following Foundations for our work:
• SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Registry, launched against the backdrop of this year’s UN General Assembly & linked to the UNFCCC Climate Action Portal, as the online tool for companies & communities to record, review and revise Climate Neutral and Sustainability Ambitions. It also enables consumers to easily check performance & make travel choices accordingly. (www.climatefriendly.travel Registrar Dr Hans Friederich / Support Rose Mukogo) • SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Diploma launched with Malta’s Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) to train the next generation of leaders to help deliver the transformation to Climate Friendly Travel at the local level. • 100,000 STRONG Climate Champions Program to engage young activists across all UN States by 2030: with an annual Maurice Strong Global Youth Summit, on Climate Friendly Travel, starting in April 2021 in Canada, Malta & Thailand. • Announced our new organization and its “Plan For Our Kids” in Malta: Brussels (in the European Parliament): London (at World Travel Market) & New York (During UN Sec. General’s Climate Action Summit). • Issued, with WTTC, our first Annual Climate Friendly Travel Ambitions Report for Travel & Tourism in the side-lines of the UN General Assembly (www.thesunprogram.com/ambitions) • Hosted our first Strong Climate Event at the time of the UN Assembly, with attendance from leaders in the sector, as well as in the broader environment movement • Launched Strong Climate Champions Programs in Cambodia & Indonesia with the EXO Travel Foundation; in Crete with Hania Hotels Association; in Guyana with the National Tourism Administration: and starting soon in Canada with Ingle International. These are prototypes for our plan for 100,000 smart young climate crisis activists, across all UN States by 2030, to help companies and communities transform. • Partnered with Les Roches in Crans Montana, to inject Climate Friendly Travel into their community focused Environment Festival with a focus on schools. • Agreed to create a global Climate Neutral 2050 Registry for Travel & Tourism Companies & Communities, linked to the UNFCCC NAZCA Register. • Hosted the first Climate Friendly Travel Think Tank in Malta, February 2020. This will help strengthen global research / development frameworks, as well as improve links between concept, planning and transformation trajectories. • Proposed a Climate Neutral 2050 Moon-shot for aviation, as a primary driver of Travel & Tourism - given its increasingly isolated reliance on fossil fuel propulsion. |
One or two success stories achieved | Climate Friendly Travel is beginning to be supported by major industry organisations such as The World Travel & Tourism Council who are an SDG-17 Partner of SUNx Malta and a key partner in our Climate Neutral 2050 Ambitions Registry and annual Climate Friendly Travel Report.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has issued a policy brief on the pivotal role of Tourism, in a post COVID 19 recovery and importantly he specifically called for “Climate Friendly Travel” from this vital socio-economic sector, The Secretary General is right, the climate crisis is existential, and scientists tell us we have less than a decade to put our carbon emission house in order. |
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Participants
Participants | Number | Names |
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Members | 12 | |
Companies | 12 | Planeta.com (USA),Exo Foundation (Cambodia),Ingle International (Canada),The Ground_Up Project (Switzerland),Emerging World (United K.),International Coalition of Tourism Partners - ICTP (USA),Green Growth 2050 (Australia),Green Earth (Belgium),SUN ARK (Poland),Nationaalpark Hoge Kempen (Belgium),Earth Changers (United K.),Leading Culture Destination Awards (Unite K.) |
Business organisations | 0 | |
Research and educational organisations | 0 | |
Non-governmental organisations | 0 | |
National states | 0 | |
Governmental actors | 0 | |
Regional / state / county actors | 0 | |
City / municipal actors | 0 | |
Intergovernmental organisations | 0 | |
Financial Institutions | 0 | |
Faith based organisations | 0 | |
Other members | 0 | |
Supporting partners | 0 | |
Number of members in the years | | |
Have only national states as participators | No |
Theme
Transport | Agriculture | Forestry | Business | Financial institutions | Buildings | Industry | Waste | Cities and subnational governments | Short Term Pollutants | International maritime transport | Energy Supply | Fluorinated gases | Energy efficiency | Renewable energy | Supply chain emission reductions | Adaptation | Other | Resilience | Innovation | Energy Access and Efficiency | Private Finance |
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Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Not only have national states as participators