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Each year, temperature records are broken and extreme weather events strike. July 22, 2024 now marks the hottest day on record, surpassing the previous heat records set in 2023.

Extreme weather events are impacting many tourism hotspots, such as the recent Jasper wildfire, the April 2024 flooding of Dubai airport and the 2023 Maui wildfires. Yet tourism continues to grow, and travel levels are expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels shortly.

Climate change is an inseparable aspect of modern tourism. On the one hand, the key components of tourism—transportation, aviation in particular, as well as accommodation—are major contributors to carbon emissions. Aviation emissions alone account for an estimated 8–10% of overall greenhouse gas emissions.

But, in turn, climate change also poses increasing and severe risks to tourism businesses. Beach holidays are threatened by rising sea levels, ski resorts can no longer depend on snowfall and some tourism businesses risk becoming uninsurable.

Until recently, the response to the climate crisis has focused largely on climate action. This includes addressing the impact of carbon emissions through mitigation (using technologies to prevent emissions) and adaptation (adjusting to climate change) in impacted areas.

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