Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: Frameworks, Tools and Practices

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Posted on: 4/20/2020 - Updated on: 4/26/2023

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CAKE Team

Abstract

The publication presents an overview of the current science and policy of climate change, followed by self-guidance material on mitigation and adaptation, exploring tools, methods and techniques associated with the management of climate change in tourism. It also identifies examples of good practice from which stakeholders might learn in order to develop their own capacities for implementing climate change strategies.

Citation

Simpson, M.C., Gössling, S., Scott, D., Hall, C.M. and Gladin, E. (2008) Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: Frameworks, Tools and Practices. UNEP, University of Oxford, UNWTO, WMO: Paris, France.

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.

Keywords

Document Type
Sector Addressed
Target Climate Changes and Impacts
Type of Adaptation Action/Strategy