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This activity report focuses on displaying the results of an on-line survey and desk research conducted to assess energy use in hotels across EU Member States, their use of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, and the factors that affect this.

This analytical document refers to a series of interviews with hoteliers from different EU countries who have implemented RES systems and working from some of the main findings reported in the literature referred to in this document. Those factors and initiatives affecting RES use in hotels, particularly focussing on SMEs cases are analyzed. Recommendations on how to overcome the obstacles detected are also be presented.

This  analytical document hsa the objective is to understand how to choose the right source of renewable enregy among the many existing options available for SME Hotels: wind, solar, biomass etc. An overview of each RE solution and the rationale, implementation, benefits and disadvantages of each one is presented.

This analytical document investigates different examples of how SME Hotels have successfully incorporated renewable energy technologies into their facilities, as there is not a single, universal RET solution available.

This guidance document provides a detailed description of the 20 energy efficiency solutions that have been identified for application in SME hotels. The resulting 20 datasheets constitute the database of energy efficiency solutions that is to be provided by the HES (Hotel Energy Solutions) project.

This guidance document provides a clear overview of energy efficiency solutions that are available to SME hotels. It is not intended to be a step-by-step guide for hotel managers, but rather an overview of 20 solutions which can be easily implemented by a SME hotel.

This activity report demonstrates the barriers faced and the drivers behind the implementation of energy efficiency programs in SME hotels, by pointing out lessons learnt from previous surveys. In addition, it takes lookd at how education and awareness raising campaigns play a key role in implementing these programs.

This activity report displays case studies of selected hotels throughout Europe, showing the ways these hotels have successfully applied energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions and the benefits they incurred by the implementation of these changes.

This technical document intends to assist trainers and to raise the awareness of hotel decision-makers and staff about the opportunities for implementation and use of EE and RE technologies and practices.  It introduces the HES-Project  to deliver information, technical support and training to help small and medium-sized hotels across EU Member States to increase their use of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.

The activity report aims to describing the project’s rationale, steps, main achievements and success stories. It also includes descriptions of the HES supporting materials such as publications and communication materials.

This guidance document is principally aimed at the tourism industry and government organizations at the different levels, who will have the primary responsibility of developing mitigation and adaptation strategies to respond to the challenges that global climate change will bring to the tourism sector.

This video showcases Hotel Energy Solutions (HES), a UNWTO-initiated project in collaboration with a team of UN and EU agencies, aiming to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy usage in the tourism and accommodation sector.

This guidance document aims to sharing WTO Secretatiat contribution regarding a facilitation mechanism that promotes the development, transfer and dissemination of clean and environmentally sound technologies, as the Rio Declaration requests UN agencies to do so.

This guidance document endeavours to present the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement that are most relevant. A spectrum of views has been expressed as to whether IPRs present a barrier to technology development, diffusion and transfer in developing countries, whether the IP system is an essential mechanism for technology development and diffusion, and the scope and implications for technology diffusion of existing international standards. 

This technical document develops a practical spreadsheet tool for evaluating a wide range of national level fiscal and regulatory policy options for reducing energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in China. The model, which captures fuel use in the power, transport, and other energy sectors out to 2030, with fuel responsiveness parameterized to empirical literature, estimates the impacts of mitigation policies on CO2 emissions, revenue, premature deaths from local air pollution, household and industry groups. 

This analytical document highlights the importance of  practical policy implementation issues, within the context of the December 2015 Paris Agreement’s foundation for meaningful progress on addressing climate change. It takes stock of the wide-ranging implications for fiscal, financial, and macroeconomic policies of coming to grips with climate change.

This visual resource showcases ICAO’s is work to promote and develop capacity building programs to provide further assistance to States and facilitate the development and implementation of States Action Plans. The joint assistance project Capacity building for CO2 mitigation from international aviation aims at providing assistance to a selected group of 14 States in Africa and the Caribbean to support their efforts in developing and implementing their States’ Action Plans on CO2 emissions reduction from international aviation, to establish aviation environmental systems for emissions monitoring at the State level and to identify, evaluate and implement mitigation measures in selected States. 

This activity report shares information on the progress made over the last three years across key areas of ICAO’s environmental protection activities. This fourth edition builds on the success of the past reports. This compendium of technical and scientific articles informs the public of the work of the ICAO Secretariat, ICAO Member States and the many other stakeholders involved. As such, it is considered as the reference document in the area of international aviation and the environment and captures all main developments in this field.

This short video reports on the side event by the same title organized by UN-Water during COP21. A panel discussion brought together intergovernmental organizations, national and local government and the private sector to discuss how climate change impacts will be mostly felt on the water cycle, therefore existing water laws, transboundary agreements, water rights or concessions for water abstraction might need to be revisited and made more flexible to take into account the increasing variability in water availability. Water, land and forest management need to be considered jointly; the nexus approach calls for identifying and increasing synergies between water, energy and agriculture. Representatives of these sectors need to work together at all levels.

This technical document from the SEforALL Knowledge Hub conceptualizes a new multi-tier framework for defining and measuring access to energy. Binary metrics such as whether a household has an electricity connection, and whether a household cooks with non-solid fuels, do not help us understand the phenomenon of expanding energy access and how it impacts socioeconomic development. This report heralds a new definition and metric of energy access that is broader, covering energy for households, productive engagements and community facilities, and focusing on the quality of energy being accessed.