Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency
In November 2020, TOTA joined Tourism Declares, a global initiative that supports tourism businesses, organizations, and individuals in declaring a climate emergency and taking purposeful action to reduce their carbon emissions as per the advice from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to cut global carbon emissions to 55% below 2017 levels by 2030.
TOTA’s Commitment
Like all signatories, TOTA has committed to the following five actions:
Develop a ‘Climate Emergency Plan’ within the next 12 months, which sets out our intentions to reduce carbon emissions over the next decade.
Share an initial public declaration of a ‘Climate Emergency Plan,’ and provide updates on progress each year.
Accept current IPCC advice stating the need to cut global carbon emissions to 55% below 2017 levels by 2030 in order to keep the planet within 1.5 degrees of warming. We’ll ensure our ‘Climate Emergency Plan’ represents actions designed to achieve this as a minimum, through delivering transparent, measurable, and increasing reductions in the total carbon emissions per customer arising from our operations and the travel services sold by us.
Encourage our stakeholders and partners to make the same declaration, share best practice amongst peers and actively participate in the Tourism Declares community.
Advocate for change. We recognize the need for system change across the industry, and call for urgent regulatory action to accelerate a just transition towards net-zero carbon tourism.
Any company, organization, or individual working in tourism is welcome to join the Tourism Declares initiative. All you need to do are two things - Declare and Share at TourismDeclares.com.