1. Francesco Frangialli

• Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization
• "The world community has charged the United Nations with framing a strategic response to the challenge of climate change, coherent with the Millennium Development Goals. The Davos Declaration is our commitment that Tourism will be at the leading edge of the global response to climate change." (Year 2007)
• climate.unwto.org

2. Albert Alnold "Al" Gore

• Awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
• Former Vice President of the USA
• "We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency – a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here. But there is hopeful news as well: we have the ability to solve this crisis and avoid the worst – though not all – of its consequences, if we act boldly, decisively and quickly [...] There is an African proverb that says, 'If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.'We need to go far, quickly [...] We must understand the connections between the climate crisis and the afflictions of poverty, hunger, HIV-Aids and other pandemics. As these problems are linked, so too must be their solutions. We must begin by making the common rescue of the global environment the central organizing principle of the world community." (Excerpt from the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, Year 2007)
• Blog of Al Gore

3. Ban Ki-Moon

• Secretary-General, United Nations
• "It [tourism] is more and more connected with issues at the top of the United Nations agenda, from terrorism and conflict to natural disasters, epidemics, poverty and climate change." (Cartagena de las Indias, Year 2007)
• UN press release, 23 November 2007

4. Michael Zammit Cutajar

• Ambassador for climate change, Malta
• Vice-Chair for 2008 and Chair for 2009 of the new UNFCCC negotiating group
• "We have got to keep the action going. We can't afford to put things aside for some years and start again later. We have to keep momentum. But we are heading in the right direction and the Hague conference may take us one important step further." (Year 2000)
• CNN, 14 December 2000

5. Peter de Jong

• President, Pacific Asia Travel Association
• "It is the first opportunity for the entire travel and tourism industry in Asia Pacific, across the private and public sectors, from NTOs to airlines, hotels to tour operators, to agree on practical solutions to confront climate change." (Year 2007)
• CEO Challenge 2008

6. Sir Nicolas Stern

• Climate Change Advisor, UK
• "It is still possible to avoid the worst impacts of climate change; but it requires strong and urgent collective action. Delay would be costly and dangerous." (Stern Report, Year 2006)
• Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Chang

7. Jean-Claude Baumgarten

• President, WTTC
• "The risk of an energy crisis is forcing a re-think on consumption levels, efficiency, and alternatives. Know-how is being developed and already Travel & Tourism leaders are working on making a real difference, not only on the carbon footprint of their activities, but also the overall impact of Travel & Tourism on our natural environment. Rather than demonizing any industry or activity, the task now for individuals, corporations, communities and governments, is to cut through misconceptions and to work on realizing practical solutions for a sustainable future." (Year 2007)
• World Travel and Tourism Council

8. Andy Harrison

• Chief Executive, easyJet
• "If you want cleaner skies, then ban old, dirty aircraft." (Year 2007)
• easyJet

9. Wolf Michael Iwand

• TUI AG, Former Director Sustainable Development Unit
• "I am absolutely convinced that we can achieve our common objectives in Mitigation AND Adaptation. Not tomorrow, but within the appropriate time frame. 'Beam me up, Scotty!'" (Davos, Year 2007)
• TUI AG

10. Tony Wheeler

• Co-founder, Lonely Planet
• "I suspect most of us are in the travel business because we love to travel, because we have an ongoing interest in the world around us. Unhappily, when phrases like climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases and carbon emissions are becoming part of our everyday vocabulary, it seems frighteningly possible that we could not just love our world, but love it to death. I don’t know what the answers to our planet’s problem will be but I do know that the only way we’re going to find a solution is if we all work together." (Year 2008)
• Lonely Planet

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