In order to mitigate tourism’s contribution to climate change, there is the need for innovations at political, technical and individual levels. Yet, despite a growing contribution to climate change, tourist and traveller behaviour is currently not acknowledged as an important sector within the development of climate policy. Influencing individual behaviour and informing effective governance will require a sound understanding of the psychology and social factors that surround contemporary tourism and travel mobilities.

This workshop aims to explore the psychological and social factors that may contribute to and inhibit sustainable behaviour change in the context of tourist and traveller behaviour. We seek to form a stronger knowledge base and research agenda for the effective governance of tourism’s contribution to climate change.

The programme will consist of two keynotes, multi-disciplinary sessions, and discussions in plenum about the following topics:

• Psychological understandings of climate change and tourism mobilities
• Behavioural aspects of climate change and tourism mobilities
• Governance and policies based upon psychological, behavioural and social mechanisms
   

Participants are invited to submit abstracts.

More information about the workshop can be found under the links on the right side of the screen.