SUNx Malta

SUNx Malta were “Good Tour­ism” Part­ner from July 2020 to Decem­ber 2025. This is an archive page for SUNx’ “GT” Part­ner messages.

SUNx MaltaSUNx Malta for Climate Friendly Travel (CFT) — SUN (Strong Uni­ver­sal Net­work) — is a leg­acy for the late Maurice Strong, fath­er of sus­tain­able devel­op­ment. Its goal is to advance Cli­mate Friendly Travel (CFT) ~ Par­is 1.5 and SDG linked.

SUNx has a core part­ner­ship with Malta’s Min­istry of Tour­ism and Malta Tour­ism Author­ity, to advance CFT, to cre­ate a UNFC­CC-linked CFT Registry, and to pro­mote CFT Edu­ca­tion. It plans to put in place 100,000 Strong Cli­mate Cham­pi­ons across all UN States by 2030.

Tourism climate action now for small island developing states: SUNx Malta

May 29, 2024

Tourism climate action now for small island developing states: SUNx Malta. Antigua port image by neufal54 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/caribbean-antigua-port-ship-sea-2585115/

The cli­mate crisis is most chal­len­ging and imme­di­ate for small island devel­op­ing states, which have con­trib­uted the least to the prob­lem but are the most exposed to its con­sequences.  This is accord­ing to Geof­frey Lip­man, Pres­id­ent of SUNx Malta, who key­noted a ses­sion on cli­mate change and tour­ism at the United Nations’ Small Island Devel­op­ing States […]

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SUNx, CFT Uganda Chapter urge tourism climate action and adaptation in Kampala

May 24, 2024

SUNx, CFT Uganda Chapter urge tourism climate action and adaptation in Kampala Crested crane image by Paul (CC0) via Pixabay. Uganda map-shaped flag by Gordan Johnson (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-crested-crane-crane-uganda-7718653/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/uganda-flag-map-geography-outline-1758988/

SUNx Malta and its Uganda Chapter are high­light­ing the imper­at­ive for cli­mate action in tour­ism, par­tic­u­larly the need to adapt to intensi­fy­ing weath­er extremes, at the Pearl of Africa Tour­ism Expo (POATE) 2024 tak­ing place in Kam­pala, Uganda. Find SUNx at POATE, Maleng Travel Stand T9 Mun­yonyo Con­ven­tion Centre. 100 cli­mate-friendly Ugandan tour­ism stake­hold­ers Uganda has […]

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Hi! Have you registered for the Strong Earth Youth Summit 2024 yet?

March 20, 2024

SUNx Malta Strong Earth Youth Summit SEYS 2024 promotion

Young people in travel & tour­ism, and their ment­ors and sup­port­ers, are invited right now to register for the 2024 edi­tion of the Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS). The Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS) is an annu­al trib­ute to Maurice Strong, cli­mate act­iv­ist for more than 50 years and Sec­ret­ary Gen­er­al of the first “Earth Sum­mit” in […]

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FINAL CALL for entries: Strong Earth Awards 2024, Advancing the Earth Charter

March 14, 2024

Strong Earth Awards 2024

March 31, 2024 is the dead­line for the Strong Earth Awards 2024.  Entrants are invited to sub­mit a thought-pro­­vok­ing 500-word essay on:  “Why is the Earth Charter more rel­ev­ant today than when it was intro­duced by Maurice Strong and Mikhail Gorbachev in 2005; espe­cially for tour­ism in Least Devel­op­ing Coun­tries (LDCs) and Small Island Devel­op­ing States […]

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Support small islands: Register now for 4th Annual SEYS (Strong Earth Youth Summit)

February 20, 2024

SUNx Malta Strong Earth Youth Summit SEYS 2024 promotion

Young people in tour­ism, and their ment­ors and sup­port­ers, are invited right now to register for the 2024 edi­tion of the Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS). The Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS) is an annu­al trib­ute to Maurice Strong, cli­mate act­iv­ist for over 50 years and Sec­ret­ary Gen­er­al of the first “Earth Sum­mit” in 1972 […]

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‘Climate Justice’ in tourism shouldn’t be too hard and it’s the right thing to do

and February 9, 2024

‘Climate Justice’ in tourism shouldn’t be too hard and it’s the right thing to do. Image by Markus Spiske (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/people-gathered-outside-buildings-holding-climate-justice-now-signage-dYZumbs8f_E

There is increas­ing chat­ter on social media about the need for ‘Cli­mate Justice’. At its core, Cli­mate Justice is ensur­ing a very strong meas­ure of pro­tec­tion for those who did the least to cre­ate the ‘Code Red Cli­mate Crisis’, and who are likely to be the most to suf­fer from cli­mate change, and who are […]

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