The One Planet Network showcases its 2019 achievements

2020-11-10T09:22:36Z

10^th November 2020

“The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented challenge to humankind, but can also be seen as a window of opportunity to explore new development models based on sustainable consumption and production (SCP). The vision of moving towards an integral sustainable development in a context of fair transition must be the cornerstone for all post COVID-19 recovery plans.” says Rodrigo Rodriguez Tornquist, the Chair of the 10YFP Board, in the "One Planet Network 2019 Annual Magazine".

The magazine showcases the achievements of the One Planet network, its six programmes and more than 700 partners throughout 2019. Based on the progress report submitted to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in 2020, which analyses the Annual Reporting results and the results of the 12.1.1 national SCP policy reporting, this magazine also showcases more than 40 examples of SCP in practice from across the network.

As practice example of the "Sustainable Tourism Programme" the magazine presents the "Travel Green Europe App" for facilitating the application and use of knowledge and tools.

The Travel Green Europe App is a mobile application that provides free access to the global Tourism2030 - Green Travel Maps of certified and awarded sustainable tourism services and destinations. Developed by ECOTRANS, a partner of the Sustainable Tourism Programme, in collaboration with the European TRIANGLE Knowledge Alliance and European ECO-ACT project, the app aims to enable tourists to travel responsibly while allowing certification programmes and destinations to map out and give visibility to their offer of sustainable tourism services. So far, 15,000 businesses and destinations with links to their green certificates are accessible through the App.

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Download the One Planet Network 2019 Annual Magazine

Go to the Travel Green Europe App

Search the global Green Travel Maps

The One Planet Network is the network of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production.

The One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme is a multi-stakeholder partnership that promotes knowledge sharing and networking opportunities to better implement sustainable consumption and production in the tourism sector.

EVENT SUMMARY: Transforming Tourism for a resilient and sustainable post COVID world

2020-11-17T09:29:49Z

November 17, 2020

The event was organized as webinar by UNEP on 9 November 2020 in collaboration with OECD and UNECE as a side event of the 26th meeting of the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP).

The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest, very powerful wake-up call about the links between environment, economy and human wellbeing. The tourism sector is one of those hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. How to rebuild tourism so that it supports the shift towards more resilient and sustainable communities?

With this question in mind, UNEP brought together more than 350 participants from the wider European region and other parts of the world to discuss how to build back greener by applying principles of circularity, digitalization, innovation and cooperation. Tourism experts, representatives of European governments, tourism institutions and international organisations, NGOs, as well as academia shared their ideas and experiences on opportunities and challenges for a more sustainable tourism industry in a post-COVID scenario. The event provided an overview of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism sector and examples of aligning recovery plans and investments with a transition that meets the objectives of health and safety, sustainability, climate action and biodiversity protection. The speakers highlighted the importance of policy coherence and public-private partnerships, as well as innovation through digital transformation. Many solutions are available and can be efficiently used through close collaboration and coordination among destinations, businesses, the local communities, visitors, policy makers, as well as investors.

More: all presentations and further information on the OPN site

Tourism2030 - November

The One Planet Network showcases its 2019 achievements

EVENT SUMMARY: Transforming Tourism for a resilient and sustainable post COVID world