Tourism, Climate Change and Carbon Management: Three Case Studies

fossil fuels

greenhouse gases

radiative forcing

peak oil

Six Senses

carbon audit

carbon calculator

carbon footprint

Evason Phuket

Marriott International

Scandic Hotels

Whitbread

Fritidsresor

Touristik Union International (TUI)

Blue Train

choice editing

Scandic

carbon sinks

Maritim proArte

German ‘Bio’ label for organic food

Reference links

Six Senses. 2010. About us. www.sixsenses.com/corporate/document/company_profile.pdf

UNWTO, UNEP, WMO (United Nations World Tourism Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, World Meteorological Organization). 2008. Climate Change and Tourism: Responding to Global Challenges, Madrid: UNWTO. www.unep.fr/shared/publications/pdf/WEBx0142xPA-ClimateChangeandTourismGlobalChallenges.pdf

UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). 2010. Report of the Conference of the Parties on its fifteenth session, held in Copenhagen from 7 to 19 December 2009. http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2009/cop15/eng/11a01.pdf

World Economic Forum. 2009. Climate Policies: >From Kyoto to Copenhagen

Gössling S, Borgström Hansson C, Hörstmeier O, Saggel S. 2002. Ecological footprint analysis as a tool to assess tourism sustainability. Ecological Economics
43 (2-3): 199-211.

Related websites

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Climate Neural Network: Hospitality and Tourism:

http://www.unep.org/climateneutral/Topics/TourismandHospitality/tabid/151/Default.aspx

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Climate Change and Tourism:

http://www.unwto.org/climate/index.php

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Tourism Sector:

http://www.wmo.int/pages/themes/climate/applications_tourism.php