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Briefing Note
The global hospitality industry is at a pivotal juncture, confronting a pervasive challenge — the menace of plastic pollution and marine litter. The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative (GTPI) notes that approximately 80 percent of all tourism activities occur in coastal areas, positioning the hotel industry as a significant contributor to the...
Briefing Note
Author:
Tharanga Liyana Arachchi
Prathini Samaradiwakara
Chathura Welivitiya
Nadeeka Amarasinghe
Dilshani Dinushika
Lahiru Maduranga,
Krishantha Buddhika Somaratne
Thakshila Kumari
Hansi Sadu Tharaka
Chamoth Teran
Reducing the use and promoting the environmentally sound management of single-use plastics in the tourism sector offers a great opportunity to tackle plastic pollution at the source. Similarly, addressing problematic plastics throughout tourism value chains can also drive a shift towards innovative and circular business models. In this context...
Commissioned Report
Author:
Rosemary
Cooper
Gillian
Orris
Vimlendu
Jha
Jayanta
Mitra
Prosanto
Pal
COP21 で採択されたパリ協定においては、世界全体の平均気温の上昇を2℃より⼗分下⽅に抑える世界共通の⽬標が設定され、我が国のみならず、世界全体での⼤幅削減が必要である。また、我が国においては、昨年10 ⽉に菅内閣総理⼤⾂が2050 年までにカーボンニュートラルを⽬指すことを宣⾔したほか、今年4 ⽉には2030 年度に温室効果ガス46%の削減、さらに50%の⾼みに向け挑戦する旨を宣⾔しており、脱炭素社会の構築が求められている。 2019 年6 ⽉に我が国が議⻑国となり開催された、G20 持続可能な成⻑のためのエネルギー転換と地球環境に関する関係閣僚会合では、イノベーションをテーマとする議論が⾏われ「軽井沢イノベーションアクションプラン」が採択された。こうしたG20 の成果を受けて...
Presentation
First Sub-Regional workshop on Preparation of status Report and Sub-regional Roadmap for Implementing the Global Waste Management Goals toward Addressing SDGs in South Asia
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Home to roughly 1.8 billion people, South Asia generates approximately 334 million tonnes of waste per year of which 174 million tonnes (57%) is organic in content. In addition to the increase in municipal solid waste, managing complex and emerging waste streams, including e-waste, food waste, construction and demolition waste, disaster waste...