Tourism and Climate Change: Sustainable Solutions
This course is part of Tourism in Transition: Exploring a Sustainable Future.
This comprehensive course examines the critical intersection of tourism and climate change. Learn about tourism's environmental impact, including greenhouse gas emissions and ecosystem effects, while exploring adaptation and mitigation strategies. Through case studies and interactive exercises, discover how to calculate travel footprints and develop sustainable solutions for the tourism industry's future challenges. Perfect for tourism professionals and enthusiasts committed to environmental responsibility.
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What you'll learn
Understand the mutual impacts between tourism and climate change
Analyze climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies
Assess future challenges in tourism related to climate change
Calculate travel footprints and model sustainable scenarios
Apply sustainability principles to tourism operations
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course addresses the crucial relationship between tourism and climate change, exploring both environmental impacts and adaptation strategies. Students learn about planetary boundaries, tourism emissions, and climate change effects on destinations. The curriculum covers mitigation challenges, adaptation strategies, and tools for calculating travel footprints. Through practical exercises and case studies, participants develop skills to model future scenarios and implement sustainable tourism practices.
Planetary Overview
Module 1
Tourism Impacts
Module 2
Climate Impacts
Module 3
Connecting Agendas
Module 4
Fee Structure
Individual course purchase is not available - to enroll in this course with a certificate, you need to purchase the complete Professional Certificate Course. For enrollment and detailed fee structure, visit the following: Tourism in Transition: Exploring a Sustainable Future
Instructors
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Tourism and Conservation Conflict Studies Expert
Arjaan Pellis serves as Programme Director of BSc/MSc Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning and Lecturer in Cultural Geography at Wageningen University & Research, where he specializes in tourism conflicts and conservation practices. After completing his MA at the Erasmus School of Management and both his MSc and PhD at Wageningen University, he has developed significant expertise in analyzing social conflicts within tourism landscapes. His research portfolio spans multiple continents, examining conservation tourism practices across Africa and Europe, with particular focus on human-nature conflicts in places like Kenya, Namibia, Spain, and Portugal. His scholarly work investigates the complex dynamics of tourism conflicts, as evidenced in his publications on rewilding initiatives in Western Iberia, wolf conflicts in Redes Natural Park, and conservation challenges in Kenya's tourism landscapes. Through his teaching and research, he explores how conflicts shape tourism development and conservation practices, contributing to both academic understanding and practical applications in tourism governance. His recent work includes examining surf tourism dynamics in the Mentawai Islands and the persistent nature of conservation conflicts in various global contexts, demonstrating his commitment to understanding the complex relationships between tourism, conservation, and social conflict.
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Leading Scholar in Tourism Geography and Sustainability
Edward H. Huijbens, born in 1976, serves as Professor and Chair of the Cultural Geography research group at Wageningen University & Research, where he has established himself as a prominent voice in tourism studies and environmental geography. After completing his BSc in Geography at the University of Iceland and both his MA and PhD in Cultural Geography at Durham University, he built an impressive academic career spanning multiple institutions. His professional journey includes directing the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre (2006-2015), where he developed comprehensive research initiatives during Iceland's tourism boom, and serving as a professor at the University of Akureyri (2015-2019). His research portfolio encompasses spatial theory, regional development, landscape perceptions, and polar tourism, with a particular focus on the intersection of tourism and climate change. He has authored numerous scholarly publications, including the influential books "Tourism and the Anthropocene" (2016) and "Developing Earthly Attachments in the Anthropocene" (2021). Beyond academia, he maintains an active role in Icelandic politics as vice chairman of the Left Green party and has contributed to global education through his involvement with the Semester at Sea program. His current work at Wageningen University includes leading the MOOC on Tourism and Climate Change, where he advocates for transformative approaches to sustainable tourism development
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