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Super Yacht Show In Monaco 2007 Carbon Neutral
he superyacht industry has super yacht show in the world
blossomed over the last ten over the last fifteen years. For
years, with multi Monaco itself the Yacht Show is
millionaires and billionaires second only to the Monaco Grand
buying yachts in the tens of Prix for visitor numbers.
millions of Euros price range - Combined with the Hotel de Paris
and when it comes to some and other Monaco hotels the
billionaires they seem intent on principality has successfully
buying a fleet that would put secured her position as a natural
some small countries navies to environment for the wealthy to
shame. live or visit.
Despite being the second smallest Monaco is showing that cuts in
country in the world Monaco has carbon emissions and other
established herself as the greenhouse gases are possible in
natural European home for many of a land of plenty, and the Monaco
the world's wealthiest men and Yacht Show has successfully
women due to her tax haven achieved carbon neutral status
status, with many more visiting for the 2005 and 2006 events,
on holiday while cruising the with plans to repeat this for
Mediterranean for the Monte Carlo 2007, establishing itself on the
casino - and Monaco has managed map of Monte Carlo as an
to stay as a top destination by environmentally friendly event.
cleverly spotting and exploiting
trends ahead of her competitiors. To attain carbon neutral status
last year, the organisers
The Monaco Yacht Show is part of sponsored various projects in
the attraction for the Europe and further afield to
super-rich, and has firmly offset carbon emissions generated
established itself as the leading by the show.
after becoming Sovereign, and a
The show paid for wind turbines few months later left behind the
In New Zealand, generating enough comfort and glamour of his palace
electricity for 45,000 homes and and the poker tables of Casino
in Brittany France paid for a Square for the wilds of Antartica
heath to be planted with chesnut to see for himself the damage
and oak trees to protect water being caused to the glaciers
catchments and provide a because of global warming.
recreational area, while in the
USA paid for a methane capture Upon his return he set up a
system, reducing the amounts foundation with his own money to
being emitted by some 95 per study the impact of rising sea
cent. levels, and since then has been
active in the attempts to
Monaco publicise the need to cut CO2
Casino emissions in the industrialised
world.
The leadership for the move to a
greener Monaco has come from In recent months he has met both
Sovereign Prince Albert, who has Prince Charles and President
been successfully campaigning Chirac of France to discuss
among world leaders since his global warming. Although he spent
inauguration two years ago to some time in the US in his early
move the environment up the years and speaks English
political agenda, and it has fluently, he hasn't had to learn
brought the issue to the fore at Italian and can converse with
home. leaders the world over without
the need for a translator.
Prince Albert signed Monaco up
for the Kyoto Protocol shortly Close to the Fontvieille harbour
where the yacht show takes place, as there is a very real shortage
a new island is to be built, and of property for new residents,
the bidders have been told that a forcing prices even higher. One
successful application must be bedroom apartments are currently
environmentally friendly, and exchanging owners at over a
some proposals indicate that the million Euros.
island will be a floating one to
avoid any disruption or damage to The environmentally friendly
marine life. island will also include new
Monaco hotels, a university and
With real estate in Monte Carlo possibly a museum, with the
the highest priced in Europe, the winning bidder due to be
new apartment buildings will be announced towards the end of the
welcomed by the property sector year.
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