Overview

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.

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Author:   Freya Higgins-Desbiolles ,  Raymond Rastegar ,  Roshis Krishna Shrestha
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Channel View Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9781836460091

ISBN 10:   1836460090
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   14 April 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Jeremy Smith: Foreword Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Raymond Rastegar and Roshis Krishna Shrestha: Introduction: Climate Change, Polycrisis and the Climate Justice Imperative in Tourism Part 1: The Challenge of Climate Change for the Tourism Sector, Destinations and Communities 1. Ya-Yen Sun, Futu Faturay and Wanru Zhou: Tourism in a Warming World: Who Emits and Who Pays the Price? 2. Shenshen He, Bobbie Chew Bigby, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bryan Grimwood: Climate (In)Justice in Tourism: Meanings and Perspectives from Industry and Academic Leaders 3. Gerben Broekema, Vishal Babajee, Ramón Fisac García and Daniel Scott: Towards a Just Transition in Aviation Climate Policy: Implications for Tourism Part 2: Governance (In)Justices in Tourism 4. Angel Jesús Sulub Santos and Daniela Filipa Subtil Fialho: Stay Grounded: Re-Imagining Tourism for a Grounded Climate Just Future 5. Nirmal Mani Dahal and Sudhan Subedi: Climate Justice in Nepal’s Tourism Sector: Confronting Water Scarcity and Systemic Inequities 6. Mimi Sheller, Leah Trotman, Gregory Guannel and Kim Waddell: Tourism Mobilities, Climate Mobilities and Mobility Injustice in the US Virgin Islands Part 3: Case Studies in Climate (In)Justice in Tourism 7. Judy Kepher Gona and Lucy Atieno: Carbon Offsetting and Rights of Tourism Hosting Communities in Kenya’s Conservancies 8. Mazin B. Qumsiyeh and Andrea Bibee: The Nexus of Environmental Justice and Potential for Sustainable Tourism under Colonial Occupation in Palestine 9. Monica Nadegger and Carina Ren: Affective Solidarity in Melting Destinations: Stepping Forward, Standing with and Staying Connected to Climate Justice Part 4: Imagining More Just Tourism Futures 10. Kehana Andrews, Jerry Spooner, Laurana Rakau-Tokatake, Eva Addinsall and Cherise Addinsall: The Regenerative Vanua Stewardship Framework: Ol Vanuas blong yumi oli no ol showgrounds blong ol turis! (Our Vanuas are not Destinations) 11. Freya Higgins-Desbiolles: ‘No Climate Justice without Gender Justice’ and Racial Justice: A Critical Feminist Analysis 12. Freya Higgins-Desbiolles: Deep Adaptation, Climate Justice and Tourism Futures Roshis Krishna Shrestha, Raymond Rastegar and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles: Conclusion: Advancing Climate Justice: Pathways Forward for More Just Tourism Futures

Reviews

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 *

Author Information

Freya Higgins-Desbiolles is Adjunct, Business Unit, Adelaide University, Australia and Adjunct Professor, Taylor's University, Malaysia. Raymond Rastegar is Lecturer in Tourism at Griffith University, Australia. Roshis Krishna Shrestha is Research Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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