A review of the IPCC Sixth Assessment and implications for tourism development and sectoral climate action
(2023) In Journal of Sustainable Tourism- Abstract
The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change represents the state of knowledge of anthropogenic disruption to the climate system, its diverse ecosystem and societal impacts, and the imperative for and challenges of mitigation and adaptation responses. It is foundational for global climate policymaking. This paper examines the place of tourism in AR6 and reviews its key findings for tourism’s future. Overall, tourism related content declined relative to previous assessments. While notable improvements in content occurred for Africa, visible knowledge gaps remain in the tourism growth regions of South America, Middle East, and South Asia. There remains limited discussion of many impacts, and very... (More)
The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change represents the state of knowledge of anthropogenic disruption to the climate system, its diverse ecosystem and societal impacts, and the imperative for and challenges of mitigation and adaptation responses. It is foundational for global climate policymaking. This paper examines the place of tourism in AR6 and reviews its key findings for tourism’s future. Overall, tourism related content declined relative to previous assessments. While notable improvements in content occurred for Africa, visible knowledge gaps remain in the tourism growth regions of South America, Middle East, and South Asia. There remains limited discussion of many impacts, and very limited understanding of integrated impacts and the effectiveness of adaptation strategies at the destination scale. The contribution of tourism to global emissions was omitted, however tourism was discussed in the context of luxury emissions and just transitions. Tourism is repeatedly identified in solution space discussions, particularly for ecosystem protection, but without consideration of the future of tourism in a rapidly decarbonizing and climate disrupted economy. With only 21% of published climate change and tourism literature in the AR6 review period cited, tourism academics should elevate tourism content and engagement in future assessments.
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- Scott, Daniel ; Hall, C. Michael LU ; Rushton, Brooklyn and Gössling, Stefan LU
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- 2023
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- Contribution to journal
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- epub
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- adaptation, climate change, emissions, impacts, IPCC, mitigation, tourism
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- Journal of Sustainable Tourism
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- Routledge
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- scopus:85151952421
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- 0966-9582
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- 10.1080/09669582.2023.2195597
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- English
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- 7afaabbe-485f-4f9f-b554-9ee71d4fedb1
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abstract = {{<p>The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change represents the state of knowledge of anthropogenic disruption to the climate system, its diverse ecosystem and societal impacts, and the imperative for and challenges of mitigation and adaptation responses. It is foundational for global climate policymaking. This paper examines the place of tourism in AR6 and reviews its key findings for tourism’s future. Overall, tourism related content declined relative to previous assessments. While notable improvements in content occurred for Africa, visible knowledge gaps remain in the tourism growth regions of South America, Middle East, and South Asia. There remains limited discussion of many impacts, and very limited understanding of integrated impacts and the effectiveness of adaptation strategies at the destination scale. The contribution of tourism to global emissions was omitted, however tourism was discussed in the context of luxury emissions and just transitions. Tourism is repeatedly identified in solution space discussions, particularly for ecosystem protection, but without consideration of the future of tourism in a rapidly decarbonizing and climate disrupted economy. With only 21% of published climate change and tourism literature in the AR6 review period cited, tourism academics should elevate tourism content and engagement in future assessments.</p>}},
author = {{Scott, Daniel and Hall, C. Michael and Rushton, Brooklyn and Gössling, Stefan}},
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keywords = {{adaptation; climate change; emissions; impacts; IPCC; mitigation; tourism}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{Routledge}},
series = {{Journal of Sustainable Tourism}},
title = {{A review of the IPCC Sixth Assessment and implications for tourism development and sectoral climate action}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2023.2195597}},
doi = {{10.1080/09669582.2023.2195597}},
year = {{2023}},
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