Climate change and tourism responding to global challenges

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Madrid World Tourism Organization Paris United Nations Environment Programme c2008Description: vi, 256 p. col. ill., col. maps 30 cmISBN:
  • 9789284412341 (UNWTO)
  • 9789280728866 (UNEP)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4791
LOC classification:
  • G155.A1 C494 2008
Available additional physical forms:
  • Available both in print and online.
Partial contents:
pt. 1. The international debate. Second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism -- Davos Declaration : climate change and tourism : responding to global challenges -- Conclusions of the Ministers' Summit on Tourism and Climate Change -- Resolution on Tourism and Climate Change adopted by UNWTO General Assembly, seventeenth session -- Statement by Francesco Frangialli, Secretary-General of UNWTO, on the occasion of the UN Conference on Climate Change -- pt. 2. Technical report. Executive summary -- Introduction to the technical report -- Advances in climate change science and implications for the tourism sector -- Impacts and adaptation at tourism destinations -- Implications of climate change for tourism demand -- Emissions from tourism : status and trends -- Mitigation policies and measures -- The way forward to adaptation and mitigation in tourism
Summary: 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.
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MAIN LIBRARY Suva 338.4791 CLI 2008 Available 54968

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256)

pt. 1. The international debate. Second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism -- Davos Declaration : climate change and tourism : responding to global challenges -- Conclusions of the Ministers' Summit on Tourism and Climate Change -- Resolution on Tourism and Climate Change adopted by UNWTO General Assembly, seventeenth session -- Statement by Francesco Frangialli, Secretary-General of UNWTO, on the occasion of the UN Conference on Climate Change -- pt. 2. Technical report. Executive summary -- Introduction to the technical report -- Advances in climate change science and implications for the tourism sector -- Impacts and adaptation at tourism destinations -- Implications of climate change for tourism demand -- Emissions from tourism : status and trends -- Mitigation policies and measures -- The way forward to adaptation and mitigation in tourism

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.

Available both in print and online.