Institutionalised tourism policy goals: fit to address climate change? DOI Creative Commons
Johanna Loehr, Susanne Becken

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 19

Published: Aug. 20, 2024

Tourism requires more ambitious climate actions to align the sector with a net zero emissions world and policy will play an increasingly important role in this. This study examined 1112 current addressing tourism change assist further improving integration, coverage implementation of effective response. Drawing on new institutionalism, found that while address wide range outcomes, many strongly institutionalised goals, supporting norms values have provided political legitimisation contribute sustaining tourism. Overall, softer instruments are commonly implied. The analysis presented here is most comprehensive detailed assessment tourism-climate date. overall conclusion tourism's response remains insufficient given urgency demanded by crisis, risking (and sector) falling behind. Recommendations for shifting objectives beyond goals strengthen sector's

Language: Английский

Advancing climate change and tourism policymaking in the Pacific Islands DOI Creative Commons
Susanne Becken, Johanna Loehr

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 17

Published: Jan. 31, 2025

Language: Английский

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Tourism and climate change stocktake: a call to action DOI Creative Commons
Susanne Becken, Daniel Scott

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 32(9), P. 2018 - 2038

Published: Aug. 11, 2024

The first climate action stocktake cycle under the Paris Agreement was completed in 2023 to assess global progress on mitigation, adaptation, and finance goals. State-driven needs be complemented by sectoral efforts, this paper builds Tourism Stocktake undertaken that examined tourism sector. First, an expert elicitation survey conducted validate deepen findings from stocktaking activity. Second, analysis of Stocktake's 40 metrics against six criteria indicator quality. revealed a sector still early stages implementing its response, with consensus 2030 emission reduction targets would not achieved. policy investment were deemed inconsistent ambitions, current adaptation is insufficient for projected change, so future impacts will restrict development some destinations. Analysis exposed significant data gaps core set 13 robust measure change over next identified. concludes recommendations advance capabilities collaboration monitor updated 2026.

Language: Английский

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3

Institutionalised tourism policy goals: fit to address climate change? DOI Creative Commons
Johanna Loehr, Susanne Becken

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 19

Published: Aug. 20, 2024

Tourism requires more ambitious climate actions to align the sector with a net zero emissions world and policy will play an increasingly important role in this. This study examined 1112 current addressing tourism change assist further improving integration, coverage implementation of effective response. Drawing on new institutionalism, found that while address wide range outcomes, many strongly institutionalised goals, supporting norms values have provided political legitimisation contribute sustaining tourism. Overall, softer instruments are commonly implied. The analysis presented here is most comprehensive detailed assessment tourism-climate date. overall conclusion tourism's response remains insufficient given urgency demanded by crisis, risking (and sector) falling behind. Recommendations for shifting objectives beyond goals strengthen sector's

Language: Английский

Citations

2