Climate change and tourism
Subtitle: responding to global challenges
Contributors: United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher: World Tourism Organization; United Nations Environment Programme
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Madrid, Spain; Paris, France
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9789284412341; 9789280728866
Subjects: Tourism; Environmental aspects; Climatic changes; Effect of human beings on; Tourisme; Aspect de l'environnement; Climat; Changements; Klimaveränderung; Tourismus; Welt
Description: The publication reveals the significance of the tourism sector to the impacts of climate change. It includes important scientific and technical information and detailed assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from tourism sector along with an analysis of improvement strategies and measures. The book also presents a detailed analysis of the relations between tourism and climate change, the impact of climate change at destinations, the adjustment of opportunities and approaches and the implications for tourism demand patterns. In addition, it comprises an essential contribution of the United Nations in the ongoing commitment to take actions to face the challenges of climate change.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256).

Available both in print and online.
Table of contents: title: Second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism; title: Davos Declaration : climate change and tourism : responding to global challenges; title: Conclusions of the Ministers' Summit on Tourism and Climate Change; title: Resolution on Tourism and Climate Change adopted by UNWTO General Assembly, seventeenth session; title: Statement by Francesco Frangialli, Secretary-General of UNWTO, on the occasion of the UN Conference on Climate Change; title: Executive summary; title: Introduction to the technical report; title: Advances in climate change science and implications for the tourism sector; title: Impacts and adaptation at tourism destinations; title: Implications of climate change for tourism demand; title: Emissions from tourism : status and trends; title: Mitigation policies and measures; title: The way forward to adaptation and mitigation in tourism.