Software and management system for climate-friendly tourism introduced in Indonesia

In order to make tourism in Pangandaran, Indonesia, more climate-friendly, UNWTO contracted adelphi to design and conceptualise an energy and climate management system for hotels and a "Low Carbon Planning" software for tourism planners. 

During the two-day-training, hotel owners and managers as well as regional and tourism planners and representatives of both, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and the Ministry of Energy learned about the new tools that will be Pangandaran’s contribution to international climate change mitigation. On the first day participants were introduced to the "Energy and Climate Management System (ECMS)", how to implement and to maintain it.

The second day saw the presentation of "Low Carbon Planning (LoCaP)", a newly developed software that allows local and regional tourism planners to judge the impact of various measures on the greenhouse gas emission profile of an observed region. The event further built on a previous training held in Bandung last March to further deepen the understanding for greenhouse gas emission reduction in tourism. After a short theory session, the participants actively applied the software tool through exercises in order to gain a better understanding of emissions reduction goals and ways to achieve them.

The training is part of the 3-year project “Sustainable Tourism through Energy Efficiency with Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in Pangandaran, Indonesia” (STREAM), which is being implemented by a consortium of partners. It is part of the "International Climate Initiative" of the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and aims to promote climate-friendly tourism with the overall goal to reduce tourism-related CO2 emissions in Pangandaran by 20 per cent.