The AEN has joined as a signatory for an initiative "Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency"  that supports tourism businesses, organisations 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.  

 

AEN’s Position on Climate Issues

We have identified the importance of tackling this issue in addition to climate adaptation strategy and held a board meeting right before the COVID-19 outbreak, in Xiling Snow Mountain, near Chengdu in China on January 7, 2020. The outcome as a declaration is shown on this page below.

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AEN will introduce the on-line reporting and assessment tool on the GSTC-recognized Asian Ecotourism Standard for Accommodations (AESA) in late 2020 which includes a criterion 4.5-2 ' Do you implement procedures to control and offset greenhouse gas emission as a way to achieve climate neutrality?' The lodge owners will need to upload the evidences to be in compliance with this particular criterion.

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We are committed more than ever to hold on-line and low impact events and meetings such as the first International Ecotourism Travel Mart to be held in September 3-5 in the Philippines. 

https://www.ecotourismtravelmart.com/

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AEN is commitment on ‘Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency’:

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​Like all signatories, we have committed to the following five actions:

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1. Develop a ‘Climate Emergency Plan’ within the next 12 months, which sets out our intentions to reduce carbon emissions over the next decade.

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2. Share an initial public declaration of our ‘Climate Emergency Plan’, and update on progress each year.

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3. 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. 

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4. Encourage our suppliers and partners to make the same declaration; sharing best practice amongst peers; and actively participate in the Tourism Declares community

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5. Advocate for change. We recognise the need for system change across the industry, and call for urgent regulatory action to accelerate the transition towards zero carbon air travel.