Schott, C.2015-08-202022-07-072015-08-202022-07-0720102010https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/19342This chapter contextualizes the interrelationships between tourism and climate change and thus provides an introduction to this volume. It commences with a brief but comprehensive overview of the key issues identified by climate change research, including an update since the 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as a brief discussion of the latest rounds of climate change negotiations. The pursuing discussion is informed by these points and explores climate change’s indirect and induced impacts on tourism and possible ramifications. Both of these parts highlight behavioral change as a critical factor to both adaptation and mitigation thus motivating the psychological contribution in an effort to shed light on the obstacles to behavioral change. In the concluding section, the chapter synthesizes the discussion grounded in multiple disciplines into a set of research themes that the volume subsequently begins to address.pdfen-NZThis chapter is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here (http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz). Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/writing/author_rights.htmbehavioral change; climate change science; indirect impacts; transdisciplinaryTextEmerald Group Publishing