Climate Justice and Tourism

Exploring the intersection of climate justice and tourism, aiming to integrate justice into climate policies and actions for a more equitable and sustainable tourism development

This project is driven by the pressing need to embed justice within climate policy and actions to ensure that climate change impacts and initiatives do not perpetuate historical and ongoing social and environmental vulnerabilities. While discussions around sustainability and justice in the context of climate change have been significant, there remains a gap in efforts to integrate these two aspects for a truly just sustainability transition. This project aims to explore the complex relationship between climate change, climate justice, and tourism, focusing on the interconnected challenges that arise in tourism-related sustainable development.

By analysing notions of justice and the narratives that underpin them, the project seeks to systematically identify and address context-specific justice challenges within climate policies and practices relevant to tourism. This approach is particularly important because economic factors often dominate policymaking, potentially overlooking local contexts and sidelining essential social, cultural, and political considerations. Through targeted empirical research, the project will substantiate these justice challenges, providing practical insights for effectively integrating justice considerations into the climate discourse and actions relevant to tourism.