Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change

Date/Time:

08 Nov 2011
14:00-15:00

Location:

North Gallery Room 9

Chairperson:

Louis D'Amore
IIPT Founder and President
International Institute of Peace through Tourism (IIPT)

Speaker(s)

	Max Haberstroh, International Tourism Consultant
	Geoffrey Lipman FTS, Director, greenearth.travel and Advisor to Secretary-General UNWTO, and President ICTP (International Council of Tourism Partners)
	Dr. Murray Simpson, Co-Director and CEO, CARIBSAVE Partnership, and Oxford University Centre for the Environment
	Alain St. Ange, CEO, Seychelles Tourism Board

Seminar Details

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has stated that “Climate change is the pre-eminent geopolitical and economic issue of the 21st century. It rewrites the global equation for development, peace and prosperity.”

This session will feature outstanding models of best practice in meeting the challenges of climate change - with a global perspective of best practices – the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean – and the Islands of the Caribbean. Both the Seychelles and the Caribbean region are heavily dependent on tourism – and both are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change including sea level rise, biodiversity loss, and impacts on human health.

Learn how they have worked with stakeholders to address the impacts surrounding climate change, the environment, economic development, tourism and community livelihoods using holistic approaches to provide practical strategies and capacity building.

The session will also provide a perspective on the natural marriage of tourism and the various forms of solar energy as a response to climate change and in shaping sustainable tourism development. As well, key outcomes will be presented from the recent 5th IIPT African Conference on Tourism and Climate Change held in Lusaka, Zambia.

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