Carbon Management Strategy of Tourism in Response to Climate Change

Following the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assertion that climate change is now unequivocally taking place, the Davos Declaration has prioritized the need for the tourism sector to respond to the climate change challenge. There is a need to reduce emissions through carbon management strategy of tourism in response to avoid dangerous climate change. Climate change impacts require tourism industry into development planning and practice in carbon management. The objective of this paper is to establish what tourism stakeholders regard as the most urgent research needs in relation to climate change and carbon management for tourism development.