Published: Tuesday September 29, 2009 MYT 7:55:00 PM
33 Asia-Pacific cities pledge to tackle climate change
By RUBEN SARIO
KOTA KINABALU: Some 33 Asia-Pacific cities from eight countries are coming together to do their bit to tackle climate change.
The cities – comprising members of the Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asia-Pacific (TPO) – signed a four-point joint declaration pledging, among others, to promote the use of buses with limited carbon dioxide emission.
Kota Kinabalu mayor Datuk Illiyas Ibrahim led the signing of the declaration in which the cities also promised to award recognition to green hotels that measure up to international standards.
The cities, which also include Malacca, George Town and Ipoh, pledged in the declaration to provide education programmes about climate change for tourism workers and the public.
TPO members also pledged to help tackle climate change by actively exchanging information about the issue.
“We in the city government recognise that we have an important role to play in reducing climate-related risks for tourism,” said Illiyas after the signing ceremony that marked the end of the three-day 4th TPO general assembly here.
In the declaration, TPO members stated that climate change had already affected the tourism industry as well as certain tourism destinations.
As such, all industry stakeholders have the urgent need to adapt to changing climate conditions and for mitigation of its polluting effects, they added.
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