ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes that a framework of tourism governance that relies on standard systems of checks and balances must be developed at the international, national, and local levels, separating economic development duties from the science-based tasks of environmental management. It also proposes new systems to finance the cost of managing tourism sustainably and preserving its most valuable assets, combined with governance systems that protect investment and ensure that audited sustainability investments are made. The Nationally Determined Contributions system will include the tourism sector in integrated reporting systems on carbon, requiring systematic budgets for lowering the use of energy, creating waste, and increasing waste water treatment. The process has already begun, and many countries delivered Intended Nationally Determined Contributions before Paris using participatory methodologies that evaluate pathways for lowering carbon emissions. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
