This conference highlighted both the role that tourism plays in causing climate change but also negative impact of climate change on tourism. In addition it looked at the planned inclusion of tourism in the EU legislative process under the Lisbon Treaty.
Below the programme are links to presentations by the different participants.
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Thursday 3 July 2008
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Part 1
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TOURISM & CLIMATE CHANGE : THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
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| 09:30 |
Opening and Introduction
Chairperson: Sepp Kusstatscher, MEP, Greens/EFA, Italy
Secretary-General of the Intergroup Tourism in the European Parliament
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| 09:45 |
Keynote 1 "Climate Change - Certainties and Risks in a Warming World"
Andres Levermann (confirmed), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
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10:15
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Keynote 2 "Tourism and Climate Change in a Global Context"
Jean Paul Céron (confirmed), executive committee of eCLAT (network of experts in tourism and climate change), France |
| 10:45 |
Discussion
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Part 2
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WHAT'S THE DESTINATION? |
| 11:15 |
Chairperson : Rebecca Harms, MEP, Greens/EFA, Germany |
| 11:20 |
Keynote 1 "Study on the Impacts of Climate Change on Tourism"
Philipp Ehmer, Deutsche Bank, Germany
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| 11:50 |
Keynote 2 "A Challenge for the Sustainable Tourism?"
Marion Hammerl Bodensee-Stiftung, Austria
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| 12:20 |
Discussion
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| 13:00 |
Lunch break
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| Part 3 |
BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES |
| 15:00 |
Chairperson: Eva Lichtenberger, MEP, Greens/EFA, Austria |
| 15:10 |
Keynote 1 "'DestiNet': Sustainable Tourism Information Portal"
Gordon Silence, Ecotrans, Portugal |
| 15:30 |
Keynote 2 "Ecotourism in Romania - A Local Perspective on a Global Problem: Climate Change"
Andrei Blumer, Romanian Ecotourism, Romania |
| 15:50 |
Keynote 3 "Water Management and TourIsm"
Antonis Petropoulos, Internationl Ecotourism Club, Greece |
| 16:10 |
Keynote 4 "Rural Sustainable Tourism: The Northern Perspective"
Asnate Ziemele, Latvian Country Tourism Association, Latvia |
| 16:30 |
Discussion
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| Part 4 |
CHANGE THE TOURISM POLICY NOT THE CLIMATE |
| 16:50 |
Moderator: Willy de Backer, independent Journalist |
| 17:00 |
Keynote 1 "Climate Change and its Impacts on Tourism in 2030"
Hans-Ruedi Müller, Research Institute on Tourism and Leisure, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| 17:20 |
Keynote 2 "The French Presidency: Upcoming Actions"
Michel Champon , French Ministry, France |
| 17:40 |
Keynote 3 Title tbc
Franco Ianniello, European Commission, Tourism |
| 18:00 |
Discussion |
| 18:20 |
Conclusions
Sepp Kusstatscher, MEP, Greens/EFA, Italy
"Ten action points for greener tourism"
Presentation of the Green's position paper
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