Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Tourism and Climate Change: Interrelationships and Implications -- Introduction -- Implications and the psychology of climate change -- Conclusion -- About this volume -- Part I: Contextualizing climate change and tourism -- Chapter 2. A review of the current science of climate change -- Introduction -- Climate change research -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Climate change and tourism: Facing the Challenges -- Introduction -- Tourism in the era of global climate change -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Part II: Issues and actions in supplying tourism products in the era of climate change -- Chapter 4. Tourism transport, technology, and carbon dioxide emissions -- Introduction -- Transport technology and tourism development -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 5. The hospitality sector: Corporate Social Responsibility and Climate Change -- Introduction -- The pros and cons of corporate social responsibility -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. The cruise sector and its environmental impact -- Introduction -- Believe what we say, not what we do -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Case Study: Environmental sustainability in New Zealand's Budget Accommodation Sector -- Introduction -- YHA initiatives -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Case Study: Climate Change Mitigation in the Rental Transport Sector -- Introduction -- KEA and sustainability -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Case Study: Green Light for the Hospitality Sector -- Introduction -- Seeing the green light -- Conclusion -- Part III: Destinations, tourists, and nongovernmental organizations: Issues and actions -- Chapter 10. Tourism and climate change: Public and Private Sector Responses in New Zealand -- Introduction -- New Zealand's responses to climate change -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments.

Chapter 11. Australia's tourism carbon footprint: A Production-based Approach -- Introduction -- Measures of tourism's carbon footprint -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 12. Tourists' cyber tales, climate change, and new media -- Introduction -- Blogs and bloggers' perspectives -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13. Case Study: Raising Awareness About Climate Change in Canada -- Introduction -- The Icarus foundation -- Conclusion -- Part IV: Issues and actions in adapting and innovating tourism products and destinations -- Chapter 14. Climate change and adaptation at regional and local scale -- Introduction -- Weather, climate, and tourism -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 15. Climate change and tourism in the eastern Baltic Sea region -- Introduction -- The eastern baltic sea region -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16. Logan's run: California and Los Angeles in 2050 -- Introduction -- A scenario of metropolis los angeles -- Conclusion -- Chapter 17. Case Study: Moving to carbon clean destinations -- Introduction -- GreenEarth.travel -- Conclusion -- Chapter 18. Epilogue: Tourism and the Implications of Climate Change -- References -- About the Authors.