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Caribbean Small Island Developing States’ (SIDS’) growing dependence on tourism has called for a close examination of the many variables that can impact sustainability and viability of the industry. For global tourism policymakers, variations in weather and climate top the list of priority areas for forecasting, planning and are, in some circles, a grave concern. Human-induced changes to long-term climate trends have captured the attention of scholars globally and in modern times climate change has emerged as a critical buzzword at the highest levels of global policymaking. Despite much scepticism over the links between human actions and climate variability and the denial of the global warming phenomenon by some (Björnberg et al., Journal of Cleaner Production, 167(20), 229–241, 2017), undeniable evidence exists to support the view that extreme weather conditions, rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and melting of polar ice caps are as a result of carbon emissions and other harmful side effects of the global industrial complex.
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Paris Climate Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Paris Agreement’s central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping the global temperature rise in this century well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 °C. The agreement addresses mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation strategies necessary to strengthen the ability of countries to respond to climate change threats. The agreement increases transparency through country submissions of intended nationally determined contributions, which detail emission reduction strategies and other climate-related action plans and timeframes for adaptation and resilience building (UNFCCC 2018).
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Spencer, A. (2019). Climate Change and the Sustainable Development of Tourism Within the Caribbean. In: Travel and Tourism in the Caribbean. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69581-5_2
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