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Climate Justice in Tourism

Freya Higgins-Desbiolles editor Raymond Rastegar editor Roshis Krishna Shrestha editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd

Publishing:14th Apr '26

£39.95

This title is due to be published on 14th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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This book provides a comprehensive exploration of climate justice in tourism, critically examining how tourism contributes to and is impacted by the global climate crisis. It interrogates dominant growth-centric, colonial and anthropocentric tourism models, and calls for radical transitions toward just, decolonised and regenerative futures.

First comprehensive exploration of climate justice in tourism, critically examining how tourism is both a catalyst to the crisis but also a victim of its impacts.

This book provides the first comprehensive exploration of climate justice in tourism, critically examining how tourism contributes to and is impacted by the global climate crisis. It offers a multidimensional justice framework to unpack systemic injustices embedded in tourism and climate governance.

With global case studies and interdisciplinary perspectives, the book interrogates dominant growth-centric, colonial and anthropocentric tourism models, and calls for radical transitions toward just, decolonised and regenerative futures. It bridges theory and practice by providing both critical diagnoses and constructive pathways for a climate-just tourism transformation.

It is a useful resource for postgraduate students, researchers, academics, policymakers and practitioners working in tourism, climate change, environmental justice and sustainable development. It is also valuable for advanced undergraduate courses that engage with tourism, justice, sustainability and global development.

Addressed in critical detail by a refreshingly diverse range of authors, this book offers the first comprehensive treatment of climate justice in tourism. Crucially, it does so in ways that reach beyond carbon emissions to attend to the systemic injustices of anthropocentrism, colonialism, neoliberalism and globalisation. This book should be compulsory reading for those with interests in, and responsibilities for, reshaping tourism development in respect to equity and justice. * James Higham, Griffith University, Australia *
This necessary volume examines tourism's entanglement with climate injustice across diverse geographies. From carbon offsetting's colonial dynamics to Indigenous frameworks for regenerative hosting, Climate Justice in Tourism reveals structural inequities while offering practical pathways toward justice. A vital resource for scholars and practitioners committed to transforming tourism beyond extractive paradigms and toward equitable, decolonial futures. * Farhana Sultana, Syracuse University, USA *
This is the most rigorous and uncompromising examination of climate justice in tourism I've encountered. It exposes the systemic injustices our industry has long avoided and offers a multidimensional justice framework for a radical paradigm shift toward equitable, decolonial futures. An essential read for tourism practitioners and scholars who care about climate change and are committed to just climate action. * Vincie Ho, Founder and Executive Director, RISE Travel Institute and Adjunct Faculty, Antioch University, USASA *

ISBN: 9781836460091

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290 pages