Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
VIdeo Sections:
0:00 - Intro from Virginia Fernandez-Trapa, UNWTO
0:20 – Ivan McKee, Scottish Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
3:45 – Lord Thurso, Chairman VisitScotland
8:38 – Jeremy Smith, Co-Founder Tourism Declares
18:25 – Janie Neumann, Sustainability Manager, VisitScotland
26:50 – Gonzalez Muñoz, UN Climate Champion, Chile
30:15 – Manuel Alejandro Cardenete, President, NECSTouR
39:49 – Panel Session with
- Senator Lisa R. Cummins, Minister of Tourism and International Travel, Government of Barbados
- Murray Ferguson, Director of Planning and Place, Cairngorms National Park Authority
- Maria Linde, Deputy CEO, West Sweden Tourist Board
- Arica Sears, Deputy Director, Oregon Coast Visitor Association
- Katarina Thorstensson, Sustainability Strategics, Gothenburg & Co
- Jos Vranken, CEO, Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions
1:24:10 – Interactive Forum / Open Q&A
1:54:20 – Jeremy Sampson, CEO of the Travel Foundation and Chair of the Future of Tourism
2:08:00 – Final remarks and closing by Virginia Fernandez-Trapa, UNWTO
On the afternoon of 4 November, VisitScotland delivered an international-facing event that was attended by 185 online delegates from 50 countries around the world, from Norway and Vietnam to the US and Mauritius.
The event, led by our Industry & Destination Development directorate, enabled an interactive forum to capture the opportunities and challenges of achieving net zero in tourism.
We partnered on the event with Tourism Declares, The Future of Tourism Coalition and NECSTouR, a network of 39 European tourism authorities committed to sustainability.
Earlier in the day, the Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action in Tourism was launched, an initiative to galvanise the global travel and tourism industry to commit to a decade of climate action.
This afternoon event was designed to build on this and create a dynamic opportunity for leading tourism stakeholders around the globe to highlight good practice and innovation on the journey to net zero, while exploring the actions, enablers and barriers to achieving it. None of us individually hold all the answers, but collectively we can share our knowledge and accelerate climate action.
VIdeo Sections:
0:00 - Intro from Virginia Fernandez-Trapa, UNWTO
0:20 – Ivan McKee, Scottish Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
3:45 – Lord Thurso, Chairman VisitScotland
8:38 – Jeremy Smith, Co-Founder Tourism Declares
18:25 – Janie Neumann, Sustainability Manager, VisitScotland
26:50 – Gonzalez Muñoz, UN Climate Champion, Chile
30:15 – Manuel Alejandro Cardenete, President, NECSTouR
39:49 – Panel Session with
- Senator Lisa R. Cummins, Minister of Tourism and International Travel, Government of Barbados
- Murray Ferguson, Director of Planning and Place, Cairngorms National Park Authority
- Maria Linde, Deputy CEO, West Sweden Tourist Board
- Arica Sears, Deputy Director, Oregon Coast Visitor Association
- Katarina Thorstensson, Sustainability Strategics, Gothenburg & Co
- Jos Vranken, CEO, Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions
1:24:10 – Interactive Forum / Open Q&A
1:54:20 – Jeremy Sampson, CEO of the Travel Foundation and Chair of the Future of Tourism
2:08:00 – Final remarks and closing by Virginia Fernandez-Trapa, UNWTO
On the afternoon of 4 November, VisitScotland delivered an international-facing event that was attended by 185 online delegates from 50 countries around the world, from Norway and Vietnam to the US and Mauritius.
The event, led by our Industry & Destination Development directorate, enabled an interactive forum to capture the opportunities and challenges of achieving net zero in tourism.
We partnered on the event with Tourism Declares, The Future of Tourism Coalition and NECSTouR, a network of 39 European tourism authorities committed to sustainability.
Earlier in the day, the Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action in Tourism was launched, an initiative to galvanise the global travel and tourism industry to commit to a decade of climate action.
This afternoon event was designed to build on this and create a dynamic opportunity for leading tourism stakeholders around the globe to highlight good practice and innovation on the journey to net zero, while exploring the actions, enablers and barriers to achieving it. None of us individually hold all the answers, but collectively we can share our knowledge and accelerate climate action.
