The CLIMAR project has carried out the II Seminar on Climate Change, Tourism and Circular Economy on adaptation and mitigation measures in Latin American tourism destinations.
This seminar was held at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina) on Thursday August 15 and 22 in hybrid mode, face-to-face and virtual, with a total duration of 20 hours. The event was very well attended, with 60 participants who successfully passed the evaluation activity for accreditation of the corresponding certification.
Challenges, strategies and best practices
The Seminar “Climate Change and Tourism. Adaptation and mitigation measures in tourism destinations” provided an overview of how climate change affects tourism, and presented practical measures to adapt and mitigate its effects.
Participants were updated on the main challenges facing tourism due to climate change, such as rising sea levels, increasing temperatures and extreme weather events. In addition, strategies and good practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the tourism sector and promote environmental sustainability were explored.
A joint effort of the members of the CLIMAR project
The seminar was organized by Professor Franco Bianco, Director of the Department and the Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism of the National University of Cuyo (Argentina), and researcher member of the CLIMAR project for the UNCUYO.
The teaching staff counted with the participation of partner members of the project, with the special invitation of Dr. Matías González Hernández, from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias (Spain), lecturers specialized in the subject from UNCUYO, among them: Licentiate in Tourism Paulina Cantú, Full Professor Licentiate in Tourism Alejandro Ferro, members of the Center for Studies and Research in Integral Management of Risk, Environment and Health in Tourism (CEIGIRAST), of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNCUYO.
The training and updating activity was carried out within the framework of the Project CLIMAR- Erasmus +. Strengthening research, innovation and knowledge transfer on climate change and tourism in Higher Education institutions in Latin America, which has become a Seminar Program for the sustainability of the project.