US, May 30 -- Researchers find just 89 climate-focused projects among 842 tourism development initiatives worth $13.13 billion As posted by Susanne Becken, Research, an analytics- and policy-relevant science from Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, climate change increasingly threatens tourism destinations worldwide. A new study suggests that international development funding is still falling far short of leveraging tourism as a tool for climate resilience and sustainable transformation.

Published in the journal Climate and Development, the study examined 842 tourism-related aid projects recorded in the global d-portal development database between 1972 and 2031. Together, these projects represent more than US$13.13 billion in developm...