Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre du tourisme des Brésiliens
This paper aims at contributing to the assessment of the emissions of the tourists from emerging countries through an evaluation of the current emissions of tourism from the Brazilian population, within their country and internationally. It starts from a double idea often mentioned in the literature...
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| description | This paper aims at contributing to the assessment of the emissions of the tourists from emerging countries through an evaluation of the current emissions of tourism from the Brazilian population, within their country and internationally. It starts from a double idea often mentioned in the literature of these last 10 years: i.e. that tourism currently contributes significantly to the emissions of greenhouse gases (around 5% of worldwide emissions) and that in the future such emissions will grow while emerging countries will bring a much larger contribution to them. All previous research on the emissions from tourism clearly shows that the bulk of emissions is related to travel. So, the assessment starts from statistics on flows (tourist numbers and distances: p.km) which are split according to means of transport and multiplied by the corresponding emission coefficients. An assessment of the emissions from accommodation is also done.The evaluation of current emissions from tourism is dependent upon the metrics used: 32 or 34 million tonnes when considering CO2 only or CO2 equivalent, 55 million tonnes if an uplift factor taking into account the specific features of aviation (in terms of radiative forcing) is used.The interpretation of such results strongly depends on the specificity of Brazilian emissions, i.e. the importance of the emissions linked to land use change and forestry (LUCF). In 2010 tourism represented about 3.2% of national emissions (1034 million tonnes CO2 equivalent) LUCF excluded. The corresponding world average is 4.9% percent. If an uplift factor for aviation is included, the share of emissions from tourism reaches 5%. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1b5657286d884fdc8f0ddc5db05c457a2025-01-13T15:52:45ZengConfinsConfins1958-92122017-02-013010.4000/confins.11852Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre du tourisme des BrésiliensJean Paul CeronGhislain DuboisThis paper aims at contributing to the assessment of the emissions of the tourists from emerging countries through an evaluation of the current emissions of tourism from the Brazilian population, within their country and internationally. It starts from a double idea often mentioned in the literature of these last 10 years: i.e. that tourism currently contributes significantly to the emissions of greenhouse gases (around 5% of worldwide emissions) and that in the future such emissions will grow while emerging countries will bring a much larger contribution to them. All previous research on the emissions from tourism clearly shows that the bulk of emissions is related to travel. So, the assessment starts from statistics on flows (tourist numbers and distances: p.km) which are split according to means of transport and multiplied by the corresponding emission coefficients. An assessment of the emissions from accommodation is also done.The evaluation of current emissions from tourism is dependent upon the metrics used: 32 or 34 million tonnes when considering CO2 only or CO2 equivalent, 55 million tonnes if an uplift factor taking into account the specific features of aviation (in terms of radiative forcing) is used.The interpretation of such results strongly depends on the specificity of Brazilian emissions, i.e. the importance of the emissions linked to land use change and forestry (LUCF). In 2010 tourism represented about 3.2% of national emissions (1034 million tonnes CO2 equivalent) LUCF excluded. The corresponding world average is 4.9% percent. If an uplift factor for aviation is included, the share of emissions from tourism reaches 5%.https://journals.openedition.org/confins/11852Braziltourismgreenhouse gas emissionsdomestic tourismtransport |
| spellingShingle | Jean Paul Ceron Ghislain Dubois Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre du tourisme des Brésiliens Confins Brazil tourism greenhouse gas emissions domestic tourism transport |
| title | Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre du tourisme des Brésiliens |
| title_full | Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre du tourisme des Brésiliens |
| title_fullStr | Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre du tourisme des Brésiliens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre du tourisme des Brésiliens |
| title_short | Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre du tourisme des Brésiliens |
| title_sort | les emissions de gaz a effet de serre du tourisme des bresiliens |
| topic | Brazil tourism greenhouse gas emissions domestic tourism transport |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/confins/11852 |
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