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UN Chief Concerned Over Impact Of Travel On Climate Change
Madrid (AFP) Jun 05, 2007 United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon expressed concern during a visit to Spain on Tuesday over the impact that the drastic rise in global travel is having on climate change. "Some 840 million people travel across borders each year. An even greater number move within their own countries," he said at the Madrid headquarters of the UN's World Tourism Organization. "This mass travel contributes massively to greenhouse gas emissions," he added. Ban encouraged the development of more measures to help reduce the impact on the environment of tourism, which he said helps boost cultural understanding, drive economic growth and eliminate poverty. "In fact, tourism has proved one of the leading ways for the least developed countries to increase their participation in the global economy," he said. "And by supporting traditional economic sectors like crafts and textiles, it plays a significant role in cultural preservation," he added. Tourism often requires extensive travel, such as long flights and long drives, that scientists warn are increasingly responsible for the emission of climate-warming greenhouse gases. Some airlines have drawn up plans to allow ticket buyers to pay an extra fee to pay for the planting of trees to help offset the greenhouse gas emissions of their flights. Ban will travel on Thursday to the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm in Germany for the Group of Eight summit, which is expected to focus on climate change and how to tackle it.
Source: Agence France-Presse Related Links UN World Tourism Organization Climate Science News - Modeling, Mitigation Adaptation
Why Global Warming Has Brought The G8 To Boiling Point
Paris (AFP) Jun 05, 2007In 2004, climate change did not even rate a mention in the summary of the Group of Eight (G8) summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Today, it is the issue that may make or break the rich nations' get-together in Heiligendamm, Germany. Summit host German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces an unenviable choice. She can insist that the summit endorse an ambitious plan for tackling greenhouse gases, although to do so would dangerously isolate President George W. Bush. |
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