Podcast 019 Professor Geoffrey Lipman - SUNx, Talking About Sustainability & Climate Friendly Travel

Episode 019 special guest: Professor Geoffrey Lipman - SUNx, talking about Sustainability & Climate Friendly Travel https://www.thesunprogram.com 02:30 Intro Professor Geoffrey Lipman - SUNx - a new system for Tourism destinations and stakeholders to build Climate Resilience in line with the targets of the Paris Agreement through Climate Friendly Travel 03:41 Life history of Maurice Strong - one of the founders of sustainable development and S.G. of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit 09:10 Collaboration with Maurice in China 12:01 Strong Universal Network (SUNx) - x for eXistential and the importance of the travel and tourism industry to the global economy 15:06 Geoffrey’s take on flying 22:11 SUNx - Climate Friendly Travel and regulations 30:00 Working with the government of Malta, global education and training courses in Climate Friendly Travel 36:58 Certification, business and carbon reduction 45:17 Education of young people - distance learning capacity 52:00 Climate finance 54:26 Involvement with Malta, Air Malta and Cruise Ships 58:26 Covid-19, starting again and how the virus will set the time table 68:03 Endnote: SDG-17 partnership, message of Climate Friendly Travel and 2050 https://www.thesunprogram.com Professor Geoffrey Lipman current positions: Co-Founder at The SUNx Program. (Strong Universal Network), President at ICTP (International Council of Tourism Partners) Past: President of the World Travel & Tourism Council - WTTC, Executive Director, IATA, Assistant Secretary-General, UNWTO, UNDP Administrator We talk about responsible & sustainable travel, volunteering, digital nomads, wellness travel, funny, inspiring and extraordinary travel tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. We reveal this week’s most important news, with a good dose of scepticism and humour, so you can make up your own mind and travel with a clear mind! Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter twitter.com/aTravelCompanio Visit our website https://pod