Youth for Green Growth Costa Rica

Youth for Green Growth is a programme which supports young people to develop and deliver a national campaign focused on positive environmental change. Over the next 3 years the aims of the campaign are to:

-Promote the adoption of positive environmental behaviours among people all over Costa Rica.

-Mobilise thousands of young people to take positive environmental action.

-Work with politicians and decision makers to create a greener and fairer world for everyone, everywhere.

Led by: Asociación Desarrollo Sostenible Raleigh Costa Rica

Implemented in: Latin America / Caribbean

Florverde Monitoring and Evaluation System (Florverde M&E)

Free process that allows certified farms measure and analyze its individual performance on environmental, social and quality issues through indicators. The indicators used are: water use, energy use, active ingredient comsumption, waste management, carbon footprint, absenteeism, accidentality and severity, and economic issues.
It was implemented since 1998 and continues evolving to ensure robust, transparent and sustainable floriculture.

Led by: Florverde

Implemented in: Latin America / Caribbean

Consumer Information for SCP

One Planet STP WEBINAR 16. ADDRESSING PLASTIC POLLUTION IN TOURISM DESTINATIONS

Plastic pollution is among the great environmental challenges of our time. With 95% of marine litter being composed of plastics and various tons of additional waste entering the ocean every minute, the risks and damage to biodiversity and ecosystems are unprecedented. Coastal environments are one of the main assets of tourism destinations and at the same time very vulnerable to uncontrolled littering. According to WWFs “Stop the flood of plastic”[1] 2019 report, in the Mediterranean region alone

Led by: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), France - Ministère de la transition écologique et solidaire, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Sustainable Tourism

One Planet STP ONLINE TRAINING 1. HOW TO MAP TOURISM VALUE CHAINS & IDENTIFY KEY ACTIONS

In 2019, the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme started, with support the French Government, UN Environment Programme and UNWTO, a cycle of online trainings to support tourism practitioners in integrating sustainable consumption and production patterns in their everyday operations

Led by: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Sustainable Tourism

Land Clearing and Construction Material Recovery, Pesaro, Italy

The City of Pesaro planned to demolish an old building with the selective demolition to prevent the use of new land for new public buildings. The old building was a military warehouse built in 1950 with bricks, roof tiles, wooden doors and window with a lot of dispersions and without any insulation. It was more convenient replace the old building with a new one with low environmental impact and manage the demolition to reach high value of recovery materials from the demolition waste.

Led by: Pesaro Council

Implemented in: Europe and Central Asia, Italy

One Planet Sustainable Tourism Meeting in Asia and the Pacific held in Korea on 11th-13th of November 2019

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, jointly with UNEP and the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme organized the One Planet STP regional meeting in Asia and the Pacific on the topic of “Innovative solutions and partnerships to tackle pollution in the tourism sector” that took place on 11-13 of November 2019 in Yeusu, Korea.

Led by: Korea (Republic of) - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Implemented in: Asia / Pacific

Sustainable Tourism

Building Greener Markets in Tasmania, Australia

Salamanca Market is working hard to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

This is no small challenge as the market is the most visited tourist attraction in Tasmania, attracting up to 980,000 visitors annually resulting in more than a tonne of waste in the bins around the market each Saturday.

Our commitment not only extends to becoming a leader in responsible tourism, but also to preserving our island state, our clean air and our clean waters.

Led by: Salamanka Market Tasmania

Implemented in: Australia

Sustainable Tourism

Travel Green Planet 2030

The initiative aims to ensure all tourism activities in destinations with protected areas and cultural heritage sites are sustainably certified by 2030 as part of SCP12. As a common Stakeholder Collaboration and Territorial Mapping tool ECOTRANS manages the global Tourism2030 Green Travel Maps under collective access ownership to make the certification mapping and market-place monitoring immediately implementable. The users' synergies in boosting sustainable tourism will be reported annually.

Led by: ECOTRANS - European Network for Sustainable Tourism Development

Implemented in: Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East, North America

Sustainable Tourism