CELTH submits Climate Action Plan

In November 2021, CELTH signed the Glasgow Declaration Climate Action in Tourism. The Declaration requires CELTH to systematically make a contribution to the set objectives. As a knowledge developer and Centre of Expertise, CELTH has a different role compared to other partners. As CELTH is a Dutch Centre of Expertise, it is not an organisation with the ability to decrease emissions of the branch, nor has it the mandate to order organisations within the branch to do so. However, CELTH can accelerate the domain in its sustainability path and accelerate its transition by contributing with knowledge building and knowledge sharing, stimulating and – financially – supporting research related to sustainability and emissions within the domain.

The goal of CELTH is – in short – to accelerate the transition of the Leisure, Tourism, and Hospitality domain. This goal means that CELTH aims to bundle the universities of applied sciences within the domain and their expertise, lecturers, researchers and students and match them with market parties at national and international level and their societal challenges to help destinations and industry worldwide in their choices for conscious, sustainable development. This means that CELTH:

• Bundles: CELTH is a developer of multi-stakeholder research projects with combined expertise from the three partner universities of applied sciences in collaboration with the field on current challenges for the Leisure, Tourism & Hospitality domain.
• Is a matchmaker: due to its market position, CELTH is a facilitator of the third flow of funds, with CELTH resources as a booster. CELTH matches the expertise, experts and resources with questions, needs and available resources from the Leisure, Tourism & Hospitality field.
• Makes an impact: research collaboration results in new insights, knowledge, and expertise, which flows back to education, branches and policymakers.

As CELTH is able to co-invest in relevant research and knowledge development to develop and share new knowledge and insights, a yearly amount of € 100.000,- on average, will be invested in the years 2023-2025 on research directly linked to sustainability and projects that align with the Glasgow Declaration and the Research Agenda Sustainability LTH.