Earth Day news: TPCC gathering scientific knowledge on tourism and climate change in time for COP28
A stocktake of tourism-related climate science, indicators of sector climate risk, and progress on climate action is a key first deliverable for the Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) in 2023.
The
TPCC has announced this ahead of Earth Day this Saturday, April 22.
The
first TPCC Stocktake will be the
basis for future science analysis.
Sixty-six
leading climate scientists and tourism experts from around the world are
contributing to the Stocktake. They are also contributing to the TPCC’s mission
to support tourism’s transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and
climate-resilient development, in line with Paris Climate Agreement targets.
The
TPCC will formally present its first Stocktake in November at the United
Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates.
Researchers
who are not already among the TPCC’s 66 scientists and experts will have an
opportunity to contribute during a research symposium at the University of
Surrey, England, on July 6. The TPCC will then present the preliminary findings
of the Stocktake in New York during UN Climate Week in September.
The
Stocktake will present all the positive and negative change indicators that
will serve as performance benchmarks for travel & tourism climate action in
the future.
Next
year (2024), the TPCC will follow up with a comprehensive assessment of what we
know about tourism and climate change based on all of the scientific literature
and other knowledge it has gathered. That will be the first TPCC Science Assessment.
The
TPCC Science Assessment will interrogate the intersection of climate and
tourism in relation to the Paris 1.5°C scenario as well as the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest assessments and
recommendations on emissions reduction targets.
Identifying knowledge gaps and building
capacity for change
Inspired
by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the TPCC was created
by the Saudi Arabia-based Sustainable Tourism Global Center (STGC) to operate
independently and impartially, and to build capacity to provide leading science
to inform tourism climate action across the world.
Launched at the United
Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh in November 2022, the TPCC is designed to
meet the urgent need for trusted peer-reviewed information on the interaction
between tourism and climate change.
TPCC’s mission is “to
inform and rapidly advance science-based climate action across the global
tourism system in support of the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement”.
Under the leadership of
the TPCC’s Executive Board — Professors Daniel Scott (Canada), Susanne Becken
(Australia), and Geoffrey Lipman (Belgium) — 66 leading experts from around the
world are contributing to outputs that support tourism’s transition to net-zero
emissions and climate-resilient development.
Most (36) of the 66
tourism scientists and experts contribute to TPCC’s three working groups, which
are focused on climate change adaptation, emissions reduction, and tourism
policy and planning.
The other 30 experts, who
sit on TPCC’s “Contributing Experts” Group, provide broader input and also add
to the peer review process.
Finally, the work will be
supported by an Advisory Board, which includes representatives of the tourism
sector’s diverse stakeholders. The Board will meet for the first time in May to
provide an additional support and engagement network.
In addition to Stocktakes and Science Assessments, TPCC will also produce Horizon Papers based on strategic knowledge gaps it identifies. At its launch at COP27, TPCC published the first two Horizon Papers; on aviation emissions and on financial risk.
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About the Tourism Panel on Climate
Change (TPCC) The Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) is a neutral body of more than
60 tourism and climate scientists and experts who will provide a
current-state assessment of the sector and objective metrics to public and
private sector decision makers worldwide. It will produce regular assessments
in line with the UNFCCC COP programs and the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change. |
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About the Sustainable Tourism Global
Center (STGC) The
Sustainable Tourism Global Center (STGC) is the world’s first multi-country,
multi-stakeholder global coalition that will lead, accelerate, and track the
tourism industry’s transition to net-zero emissions, as well as drive action
to protect nature and support communities. It will enable the transition
while delivering knowledge, tools, financing mechanisms and innovation
stimulation into the tourism sector. The STGC was
announced by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during
the Saudi Green Initiative in October 2021 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His Excellency
Ahmed Al Khateeb, Minister of Tourism for Saudi Arabia then led a panel
discussion during COP26 (November 2021) in Glasgow, United Kingdom, to
elaborate on how the Center will deliver on its mandate with founding country
representatives and experts from partner international organisations. |
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