Environment and Climate

In many places of the world tourism actively contributes the protection of the environment: national parks in many places are financed by the income of tourists and biodiversity becomes an attractive selling point for destinations. Nevertheless: on a global scale, tourism consumes huge amounts of scarce natural resources - like water or energy - and produces mountains of rubbish from plastic bottles and food waste.

One long-haul return flight from Frankfurt to New York City alone exhausts more carbon than an average Indian citizen per year. Flying becomes an issue of global justice, since especially the poorest of the poor suffer from the climate crisis, while at the same time cannot afford the luxury of flying. We therefore support a kind of tourism that saves resources-and causes as little climate change as possible.

Article

To achieve climate justice in tourism there is still a long way to go. Climate mitigation and adaptation are urgently needed.

Interview

Dr. Ya-Yen Sun looks at the economic profitability of tourism from a cost-benefit calculation taking into account environmental effects.

Article

[Translate to english:] Strand aus Vogelperspektive

Climate protection is crucial to achieve climate justice for communities. Two initiatives from Latin America show how to promote climate justice.

Article

More than 100 climate-neutral tours. Thailand, shows how cross-sectoral collaboration and policy support can help to scale up climate action.

Article

The 28th Climate Summit (COP 28) established a fund to cover loss and damage caused by climate change. The tourism sector should contribute to it.

Article

Tourism can support education SDG 4 in many ways. Suyatri in the southern Indian state of Karnataka provides an example of how this can be done.

Article

The tourism industry scores poorly on climate SDG 13. Decarbonisation is slow. But it is possible, one scenario shows.

Study

Research shows how people use strategies of moral disengagement to justify their flying behaviour.

Publication

[Translate to english:] Tempel _ Kulturerbe

As examples from Pakistan and Mexico show, tourism can have a negative, but also a positive impact on the conservation of World Heritage Sites.

Sourcing locally, wasting less. Food waste management can help restaurant and catering businesses to save not only resources, but also a lot of money.