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245 00 a| Climate change and tourism :b| responding to global challenges.;

300 a| vi, 256 pages :b| color illustrations, color maps ;c| 30 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256).;

505 2 a| 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.;

520 a| 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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Climate change and tourism : responding to global challenges.

Other author	World Tourism Organization.
Other author	United Nations Environment Programme.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Madrid : World Tourism Organization ; Paris : United Nations Environment Programme, ©2008.
Description	vi, 256 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
Supplemental Content	Connect to online resource
Subjects	Tourism--Environmental aspects. Climatic changes. Climatic changes--Environmental aspects. Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.

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.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256).
Other forms	Available both in print and online.
ISBN	9789284412341 (UNWTO)
ISBN	928441234X (UNWTO)
ISBN	9789280728866 (UNEP)
ISBN	9280728865 (UNEP)

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