Climate Action Planning
I can help brainstorming ideas, discovering best practice, or writing your entire plan.
I have spent most of the last six years developing Climate Action Plans with many destinations and organisations, ranging from National Tourism Organisations to international membership organisations. Among those I have supported in developing their own Climate Action Plans are Visit Finland, Visit Scotland, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, The European Travel Commission, NECSTouR, Visit Honduras, Glasgow Life and El Hierro.
I have worked closely with UN Tourism since 2012 on the ongoing implementation and development of the Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action in Tourism. As part of this ongoing work I have read and reviewed hundreds of climate action plans from across the sector in order to develop guidance and tools to support their implementation. I have listed below the free, publicly available resources that I have created to support Climate Action Planning.
I can take you from the beginning of your Climate Action journey to the launch of a full strategy, working with you as flexibly as necessary to understand your specific situation, the challenges you face with decarbonisation and adaptation, and the opportunities climate action offers you for transformation, regeneration and resilience.
Services
Preparation for Climate Action Planning, including researching risks and opportunities, and developing organisational climate literacy
Co-creation with the individuals or team responsible to develop an ambitious and achievable climate action strategy for your organisation or destination
Facilitation of online or in person workshops and other meetings with internal or external stakeholders at any stage of the climate action plan
Writing, or supporting the writing, of your entire Climate Action Plan
Connecting you to my global network of other tourism organisations and professionals working on climate action, and facing similar challenges or with best practice to share
Resources
Destination Stewardship: A Guide to Action on Climate Change (2025) - I wrote this white paper for DMOs highlighting best practice approaches to climate action for resilience
Blueprint for Tourism Climate Action Plans (2024) - I wrote a guide (and supporting downloadable toolkit) for DMOs looking to develop their own Climate Action Plans
Glasgow Declaration Implementation Report – Advancing Climate Action (2023) - I lead the research and writing for this UN Tourism report analysing 100s of Climate Action Plans to assess progress in tourism climate action.
Climate Action in the Tourism Sector: An overview of methodologies and tools to measure greenhouse gas emissions (2022) - This report provides an overview of GHG emissions measurement in tourism alongside an assessment of the sector’s climate action efforts.