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This activity report provides an overview of the state of disaster resilience in Asia-Pacific region, and places disaster risk reduction at the heart of sustainable development. It identifies emerging new risks in the region and the sectors that are most at risk. The report identifies several neglected areas of disaster risk reduction that need to be addressed urgently.

This activity report explores ways to adapt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the unique circumstances, capacities and levels of development of the Asia-Pacific least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, collectively referred to as countries with special needs (CSN).

This guidance document focuses on drawing lessons from a few transition experiences in order to analyse how successfully (or not) these processes were managed in the past and how future transitions might be handled in a just manner. Challenges such as policy coherence, consultations and participation by all relevant stakeholders are addressed and lessons learned on these issues are highlighted.

This guidance document focuses on a number of areas that are at the heart of rural economies and could be engines for a sustainable economic transformation and green jobs creation. Greening the rural economy is central to increasing decent employment opportunities, enhancing resource and labour productivity, and fostering poverty eradication and social inclusion.

This activity report provides an overview of international experiences that combine social and environmental objectives within one programme and extract some lessons learned from existing Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes that may be useful when designing, implementing and monitoring social protection programmes such as the Bolsa Verde programme.

This guidance document provides an overview on: the evolving contribution of business to the sustainable development debate; planetary boundaries, environmental challenges and their implications for business; the greening of enterprises and workplaces, and; the role that business and employers’ organizations can play in lobbying and service development in the environmental field.

This analytical document explains the underlying mechanisms of the impact of climate change through altered thermal conditions in the workplace, shows examples of the current and likely future impacts and provides indications of policy response options to these challenges. 

This guidance document serves as a policy framework and a practical tool to help countries at all levels of development manage the transition to low-carbon economies and can also help them achieve their INDCs and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The Guidelines are designed to create decent work on a large scale and ensure that social protection exists where needed.

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.