Lloret Dialogues: The future of tourism areas // The tourism areas of the future Drivers of low-carbon tourism areas: Sustainability Labels: Life Cycle of Tourists and Climate Change: Jaume Albertí (Unesco Chair on Life Cycle and Climate Change; ESCI-UPF) Lloret de Mar, 05th May 2017

1. Jaume Albertí, Lloret de Mar, 15.05.2017
UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change
ESCI - UPF
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
&
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

2. International Organizations: You’ll never walk alone!
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Sustainable Cities: a shared goal…
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3. The problem and the perspective
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Source: http://www.thequotepedia.com/
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4. Renovable bo  Reutilitzable bo
 Plàstic dolent Incineració dolenta Un sol ús dolent
ECONOMIA
CIRCULAR
Reciclable bo
Reciclar
Reomplir
Reutilitzar
Renovable
Rehabilitar
Reduir
Repensar
Reformar
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R
R.
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RESPOSTA: LA CIÈNCIA - ACV
Raó o ideologia?
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5. Life Cycle Perspective at glance
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LC Perspective assesses all environmental, social and economic
impacts for the whole life cycle of a product or service.
Source: EC-JRC, 2010. Making sustainable consumption & production a reality.
• All life cycle stages
• Different Impact Categories
Avoid Problem Shifting
“If the green economy is to bring the necessary changes to guarantee a future
for life on Earth, decision making on product sustainability, investment, and
policy must be made using life cycle thinking and operationalized through life
cycle management, approaches, and tools” (UNEP/SETAC, 2012)
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6. Problem Shifting: Use phase Vs. Life Cycle
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7. Problem Shifting: Use phase Vs. Life Cycle
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Materiales
Climatología
Modo Construcción
Uso (usuarios!)
Tecnologías
Source: T. Ramesk, R. Prakash, K.K. Shukla, Life cycle energy assessment: an overview, Energy and Building 42 (2010) 1592-1600
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8. Problem Shifting: Different Impact Categories
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9. Impact categories and their importance
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This are the most used ones, but there are lots to choose.
The importance? It depends… What do you think?
Source: ILCD Handbook, European Commission, 2012.

10. How do we apply all this to the tourism sector?
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11. 1st: Where to focus on? Distribution of Tourism
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Source: OECD Tourism Statistics (Database).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933319610
(OECD, 2016)
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There is no consensus
about where to allocate
transport impacts, what
do you think?
Are destinations
responsible for
transport emissions?
Are tourist sources
(countries/cities)?

12. If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it
William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
2nd: We need to get some data!
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Source: R. Puig, E. Kiliç, A. Navarro, J. Albertí, L. Chacón, P. Fullana-i-Palmer / Science of the Total Environment 595 (2017) 244–254
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13. “Voluntary implementation of environmental monitoring systems (like EMAS
regulation) promotes collection of more detailed and accurate data, which
helps in a more efficient use of resources.”
Common processes in the accomodation services
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Source: R. Puig, E. Kiliç, A. Navarro, J. Albertí, L. Chacón, P. Fullana-i-Palmer / Science of the Total Environment 595 (2017) 244–254
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14. Water use
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Source: R. Puig, E. Kiliç, A. Navarro, J. Albertí, L. Chacón, P. Fullana-i-Palmer / Science of the Total Environment 595 (2017) 244–254
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15. Laundry efficiency or Certified Cotton?
Water: Putting the effort in the right place
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Source: http://www.levistrauss.com/sustainability/planet/water/
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16. Increase HVAC system efficency or change the menus?
Food: Should it be a priority?
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Source: MIT Center for Collective Intelligence Climate CoLab
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17. 7 languages spoken! Contact us!
Passeig Pujades, 1,
08003 Barcelona (Spain)
jaume.alberti@esci.upf.edu
www.linkedin.com/in/jaumealberti/
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Gràcies! Kiitos! Dzięki!

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Some references
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