Title: The Future of Tourism: a Climate Change Perspective
Presenter: Professor Stefan Gössling, Lund University, Sweden
Date: Friday 14th August 2009
Time: 11am - 12noon
Venue: Bld 39, Room 112 - Followed by a light lunch at the Rooftop Cafe
Abstract:
Climate change poses one of the greatest sustainability challenges for tourism. Tourism will be affected by climate change, but it is also a significant contributor to climate change. The presentation will outline these interactions, discussing the direct and indirect environmental changes to be expected, as well as their consequences for tourism. As one of the most imminent "threats" to the global tourism system, the presentation will also address mitigation policy, and its consequences for energy-intense travel, as well as opportunities to adjust the tourism system to low-carbon holiday-making.
Stefan Gössling is a Professor at the Department of Service Management, Lund University, Sweden, and research coordinator at the Western Norway Research Institute. His research interests include tourism and climate change, tourism and development, mobility studies, renewable energy, low-carbon tourism, as well as climate policy and carbon trading. Previous books include Tourism and Global Environmental Change (2006, Routledge, co-edited with C.M. Hall), Sustainable Tourism Futures (2009, Routledge, co-edited with C.M. Hall and D.B. Weaver), and Climate Change and Aviation (2009, Earthscan, co-edited with Paul Upham). He has also been a co-author of Tourism and Climate Change: Responding to Global Challenges (UNWTO-UNEP-WMO 2008) and a contributing author to the IPCC AR4.