Climate Change and Tourism

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Climate Change and Tourism

• April 23rd 2008

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Executive Summary

• Climate Change
• Who is Cleaner Climate?
• Carbon trading
• Carbon offsetting
• Tourism responses
• Carbon Calculators
• Cleaner Climates projects
• Initiatives for your business/industry
• Next steps/Questions

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About Climate Change

• Consistent increase in earths temperature
• Current emissions approx 25 BN tonnes of Green
  House Gases (GHGs) pa.
• Each report appears to worsen outlook
• Carbon trading is preferred market based
  mechanism to drive down global emissions
• Tourism industry under close scrutiny, primarily
  because the movement of tourists appears to be a
  big carbon-emitting industry

Sources IPCC Report 2007, Stern Report 2006,
VISION guide on Carbon Offsetting 2008
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Who is Cleaner Climate?

• EXPERIENCE Specialist provider to travel
  industry developing programs and processes to
  measure and reduce corporate environmental
  footprints.
• SKILLS Our technical team is able to analyse
  emissions following the most rigorous and
  detailed methodologies available.
• EXECUTION Cleaner Climate is able to provide an
  entire end to end solution incorporating
• Project management of Greening strategies and
  initiatives
• New product and services development
• Delivery of highest quality offsets from our
  Kyoto compliant project pool
• Identification and commercialisation of Carbon
  opportunities

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How does trading work?

• Voluntary
• Individuals/Companies choose to offset
  emissions
• Compliance readiness
• Differentiate/marketing
• Attract staff
• Meet green consumer

• Compliance
• Largest emitters are given allowance or purchase
  an allocation to produce emissions. (CAP)
• Penalty rate for exceeding
• Internal reductions
• If exceed beyond CAP need to buy, (vice versa)

Sources Business Review Weekly - Carbon Trading
Focus, 2008
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Carbon Trading

• Expected volume of 4.2 billion tonnes transacted
  in 2008
• Up 56 from 2007
• Market worth US92 billion
• Australian expected Carbon price of AUD40/tonne
  roughly equal to ETS

Sources Point Carbon, 2008
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Carbon Offsets

• How does offsetting work?
• Carbon offsets can be created by funding projects
  around the world that either avoid or absorb
  emissions. They are produced by renewable energy,
  increased energy efficiency or elimination of
  industrial gases under set standards and schemes.
  
• What to look for?
• Audited Independent third party validation and
  measurement
• Sustainable Deliver social and environmental
  benefits
• Additional Would not happen under business as
  usual scenario
• Permanent Permanent reduction in GHGs

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Tourism Industry responses

• Bus and tour companies Embedding carbon offsets
  into retail prices
• Travel agencies retail and corporate Offering
  tailored reporting and offsetting solutions
• Hotels Marriott protecting 1.4M acres of
  Brazilian rainforest, and Hilton saving
  EUR9M/2yrs through EE
• Airlines Likely to have EU emissions cap post
  2012
• Cruise ships Implementing sustainable tourism
  policies and practices

Sources Environmental Leader, Corporate websites
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Carbon Calculators

• Measuring carbon intensity footprint of tourism
  requires the use of models, which can link
  economic activity to fuel use and GHG from supply
  of products and services to tourists (directly
  and indirectly).
• There are several variables and uncertainties
  involved in calculating the climate impacts of
  individual travel components. One important
  factor is the impact of air emissions released at
  high altitude (RFI).
• Use scientifically based assumptions.

Sources Tufts University Climate Initiative,
Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre
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Our projects
Cleaner Climate only develops and supports
projects with independently certified and
measured emission reductions. Our projects adhere
to the standards, processes and requirements of
the Kyoto Protocols Clean Development Mechanism
and The Voluntary Carbon Standard.
SAMPLE PROJECT WISE Wind Farm Karnataka,
India 2,532 Tonnes C02e/yr (2 x 0.6 MW
turbines) Voluntary Carbon Standard, Kyoto CDM -
ACM0002
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What can you do?

• Determine a Carbon Strategy
• Measure carbon footprint
• Create new products and services
• Implement reduction strategies and processes
• Engage your staff and customers in the process
• Encourage and reward the right behaviours
  (discounts etc.)
• Market honestly and transparently (ACCC)
• Consistently report on progress
• Dont wait for regulations!

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Questions

• guy_at_cleanerclimate.com
• www.cleanerclimate.com
• 61 2 9956 5695