{"id":1849,"date":"2020-12-26T08:27:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T08:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/?p=26825"},"modified":"2021-01-28T23:23:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T23:23:54","slug":"sunx-malta-to-stage-first-strong-earth-youth-summit-seys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/sunx-malta-to-stage-first-strong-earth-youth-summit-seys\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNx Malta to Stage First Strong Earth Youth Summit \u2013 SEYS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/more-news\/education\/sunx-malta-to-stage-first-strong-earth-youth-summit-seys\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUNx Malta to Stage First Strong Earth Youth Summit - SEYS-TRAVELINDEX\" src=\"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SUNx-Malta-to-Stage-First-Strong-Earth-Youth-Summit-SEYS-TRAVELINDEX-500x318.jpg\" alt=\"SUNx Malta to Stage First Strong Earth Youth Summit &#8211; SEYS\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Valletta, Malta, December 23, 2020 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ SUN<sup>x <\/sup>Malta will host the first ever climate friendly youth travel summit in April 2021. The \u2018Strong Earth Youth Summit\u2019 (SEYS) will include lectures, workshops and other educational activities aimed at highlighting the need for a clean and green post-Covid future for the tourism sector, in accordance with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and 2050 Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The virtual event, held on 29 April, will be in partnership with Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA), British Columbia, Canada; Institute of Tourism Studies, Malta (ITS); and the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO). Events will be held in three centres: the Mekong, Malta and British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>SEYS will focus on creating awareness of Climate Friendly Travel (CFT) and on fostering ways to encourage changes for a resilient Travel &amp; Tourism future. It aims to promote climate hope in the recovery of the tourism industry through awareness and education, youth empowerment, and engagement and action.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the youth summit, Professor Geoffrey Lipman, President of SUN<sup>x<\/sup> Malta, said, \u201cThis is not just another of the many Travel &amp; Tourism summits. SEYS is designed for tomorrow\u2019s leaders by tomorrow\u2019s leaders \u2013 the 45 students from 30 countries we have on our first ever Climate Friendly Travel Diploma Course with ITS Malta. We charged them with creating an event that would be meaningful and attractive for the Greta Thunberg crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSEYS will identify the core issues for the post\u2013pandemic green and clean tourism sector. Our students are putting together a fast and fun program, with engaging speakers,\u00a0who will captivate\u00a0a global youth\u00a0leadership audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Summit will include virtual tours, interactive workshops, seminars, challenges, presentations, networking, and question and answer sessions, as well as an information session on the Climate Friendly Travel Diploma and Climate Friendly Travel Registry. The program has been designed by the students on the first Climate Friendly Travel Diploma Course with ITS Malta.<\/p>\n<p>SEYS will honour the vision and contribution of the late Maurice Strong, a close friend of Lipman, after whom the summit is named. Strong was the architect of the UN Sustainable Development and Climate Framework for half a century, and inspiration for SUN<sup>x <\/sup>Malta and its Climate Friendly Travel System.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSEYS will be the first of an annual testimony to the legacy of Maurice Strong, Champion for the planet,\u00a0who warned about the Climate Crisis 50 years ago and spent the rest of his life building the UN framework to respond to it,\u201d says Lipman.<\/p>\n<p>SEYS will also launch the Strong Awards to encourage students to profile Breakthrough Innovations in Climate Friendly Travel, together with Les Roches Hospitality School.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on SEYS or to register for it, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesunprogram.com\/\">www.thesunprogram.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valletta, Malta, December 23, 2020 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ SUNx Malta will host the first ever climate friendly youth travel summit in April 2021. 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