The climate agenda & tourism in Brazil: contributions to public policies for adaptation to climate change

Abstract

Tourism both contributes to global warming and is impacted by climate change. Tourism can be considered one of the vulnerable sectors in relation to climate as well as to its consequences in cities’ infrastructure, as that usually depends upon ecosystemic services and the conservation of cultural and natural goods. International guidelines and national policies for the mitigation and adaptation to climate change in tourism are essential strategies in order to avoid disasters, promote climate justice, offer political and economic support to local initiatives and lead the engagement of the private sector. This article analyses national policies of climate change and tourism in Brazil (from 2003 to 2022), with the international guidelines about them as a background. A lack of integration between climate and tourism policies has been verified, which reflects in the negative engagement of the sector in climate issues, as well as in Brazil’s feeble protagonism in international talks about climate change and tourism.