SUNx Malta has been a valued “Good Tourism” Partner since July 2020. This is an archive page for SUNx’ “GT” Partner messages.
SUNx Malta
— SUN (Strong Universal Network) — 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.
SUNx 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.
Are you a graduate in travel & tourism who is fluent in English? Are you from one of the 39 SIDS (Small Island Developing States)? SUNx Malta is offering 50 full scholarships for the 2023 intake of its two-year online Climate Friendly Travel (CFT) Diploma.
Read More 50 full scholarships for Climate Friendly Travel Diploma
We at SUNx Malta make no apologies for pushing the existential imperative of achieving peak GHG emissions by 2025. We are reaching out to the leadership of the travel & tourism sector to act on the latest IPCC report calling for three clear targets to stabilise global temperatures at Paris 1.5°C by mid-century …
Read More No apologies: ‘eXistential’ climate change and peak GHG emissions 2025 are not advocacy issues. Travel & tourism must act now!
DOHA, QATAR, MARCH 7, 2023: SUNx Malta will set up Strong Climate Friendly Travel Chapters in all 46 least developed countries (LDCs), plus select small island states. Chapters will work locally to advance SUNx’ ambitious and actionable Climate Friendly Travel (CFT) agenda, which is focused on a Paris 1.5°C target. SUNx co-founder and president Geoffrey […]
Read More World’s 46 Least Developed Countries to have Strong Climate Friendly Travel Chapters by September: Lipman
In celebration of World Tourism Day and its theme of “Rethinking Tourism”, SUNx Malta launched a new podcast series designed to help tourism companies and communities stay on target for the Paris 1.5°C limit. Announcing this on World Tourism Day, September 27, SUNx Malta President Professor Geoffrey Lipman said: “Our goal is to encourage tourism stakeholders […]
Read More World Tourism Day marks launch of Climate Friendly Travel podcast
Mikhail Gorbachev died on August 30th, 2022. The former President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is best remembered as the man who engineered the peaceful transformation of the USSR and the opening of the Berlin Wall. Less known is the fact that during his incredible life he collaborated closely with Maurice Strong. Together they […]
Read More Vale Mikhail Gorbachev, planetary hero
First published on “Good Tourism” Partner SUNx Malta’s website, this is an open letter from SUNx to the heads of UNWTO, UNEP, UNFCCC, and the signatories of the Glasgow Declaration: Climate Action in Tourism: With support from the Government of Malta, we have set up a global Climate Friendly Travel (CFT) framework to support climate […]
Read More Open letter to UNWTO, UNEP, UNFCCC, and Glasgow tourism climate action signatories