UNEP
Climate Change and Tourism
Responding to Global Challenges
This publication contains the key proceedings and technical report of the Second
International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism, held in Davos, Switzerland, 1-3 October
2007. The Davos Declaration and the summary of the conference debates demonstrate a clear commitment
of the tourism sector to address climate change issues, and provide concrete recommendations for
actions. The extensive technical report included in this publication was commissioned to an
international team of experts by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It provides a
synthesis of the state of knowledge about current and future likely impacts of climate change on
tourism destinations around the world, possible implications for tourist demand, current levels and
trends in GHG emissions from the tourism sector, and an overview of policy and management responses
adopted by the key stakeholder groups (international organizations, public administrations, the
tourism industry) with respect to adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
World Tourism Organization, Madrid 2008
Book, 256 pages, Paperback, English
ISBN 9789284412341
climate change, environment, tourism
approx. CHF 135.00