SUNx, CFT Uganda Chapter urge tourism climate action and adaptation in Kampala

SUN^x Malta and its Uganda Chapter are high­light­ing the imper­at­ive for cli­mate action in tour­ism, par­tic­u­larly the need to adapt to intensi­fy­ing weath­er extremes, at the Pearl of Africa Tour­ism Expo (POATE) 2024 tak­ing place in Kam­pala, Uganda. Find SUN^x at POATE, Maleng Travel Stand T9 Mun­yonyo Con­ven­tion Centre.

100 climate-friendly Ugandan tourism stakeholders

Uganda has one of the most act­ive Cli­mate Friendly Travel Chapters, with nearly 100 Ugandan tour­ism and hos­pit­al­ity stake­hold­ers, includ­ing small tour oper­at­ors, loc­al com­munity ini­ti­at­ives and homesteads, five-star hotels and lodges, and, import­antly, the Uganda Wild­life Author­ity (UWA) with its gor­illa con­ser­va­tion activities

Con­tact the CFT Uganda Chapter: uganda@thesunprogram.com

100 Climate Friendly Travel Chapters coordinated from Africa

SUN^x has ini­ti­ated some 100 Cli­mate Friendly Travel Chapters, led by loc­al Cham­pi­ons, and over­seen by glob­al Chapter coordin­at­ors based in Zim­b­ab­we and Kenya.

Over the past five years, SUN^x has been train­ing stu­dents in its post­gradu­ate Cli­mate Friendly Travel Dip­loma to become Cham­pi­ons and Chapter lead­ers in their own coun­tries. They receive over 300 hours of learn­ing plus a one-year intern­ship dur­ing which they explore inter­re­lated aspects of Par­is 1.5 : SDG linked : Nature Pos­it­ive tourism.

Building a global Climate Friendly Travel network

Chapter lead­ers are trained to cre­ate a loc­al com­munity of Cli­mate Friendly Travel enthu­si­asts; recruit hotels, lodges, res­taur­ants, tour oper­at­ors and oth­er tour­ism play­ers to join the Cli­mate Friendly Travel Registry; and act togeth­er to devel­op loc­al clean and green activ­it­ies. They will also sup­port the Cli­mate Friendly Travel Club for cli­mate-con­scious trav­el­lers fea­tur­ing a unique “earth points” cli­mate loy­alty program.

Next steps in Africa

In addi­tion to high­light­ing the imper­at­ive for cli­mate action and adapt­a­tions in tour­ism at POATE 2024 right now, later this year SUN^x will show­case new Chapters in Kenya, Zam­bia, and Zim­b­ab­we dur­ing tour­ism events in Mom­basa and Vic­tor­ia Falls. 

At all of these events SUN^x will offer the oppor­tun­ity to gain free access to the Cli­mate Friendly Travel induc­tion course.

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About SUN^x Malta

SUN^x Malta is a leg­acy for the late Maurice Strong, fath­er of sus­tain­able devel­op­ment. Its goal is to advance Cli­mate Friendly Travel (CFT) ~ Par­is 1.5 and SDG linked. 

SUN^x has a core part­ner­ship with Malta’s Min­istry of Tour­ism and Malta Tour­ism Author­ity, to advance CFT, to cre­ate a UNFC­CC-linked CFT Registry, and to pro­mote CFT Edu­ca­tion. It plans to put in place 100,000 Strong Cli­mate Cham­pi­ons across all UN States by 2030.

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Cres­ted crane image by Paul (CC0) via Pixabay. Uganda map-shaped flag by Gordan John­son (CC0) via Pixabay.

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