The carbon footprint of global tourism

Manfred Lenzen; Ya‐Yen Sun; Futu Faturay; Yuan-Peng Ting; Arne Geschke; Arunima Malik

doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0141-x

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TourismCarbon footprintGreenhouse gasNatural resource economicsBusinessGlobal warmingGross domestic productClimate changeProduct (mathematics)FootprintEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental economicsEnvironmental resource managementEconomicsGeographyEconomic growth

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 8
Issue: 6
Pages: 522-528
Citations: 1511
Access: Closed

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                                    Manfred Lenzen, 
                                
                                    Ya‐Yen Sun, 
                                
                                    Futu Faturay
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            The carbon footprint of global tourism. 
                            Nature Climate Change
                            , 8
                            (6)
                            , 522-528.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0141-x
                        

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