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2025

Journal Article

Are emissions from global air transport significantly underestimated?

Gössling, Stefan, Humpe, Andreas and Sun, Ya-Yen (2025). Are emissions from global air transport significantly underestimated?. Current Issues in Tourism, 28 (5), 695-708. doi: 10.1080/13683500.2024.2337281

Are emissions from global air transport significantly underestimated?

2025

Journal Article

Macro-scale decarbonisation of tourism: insights from Australia

Sun, Ya-Yen, Gossling, Stefan and Babakhani, Nazila (2025). Macro-scale decarbonisation of tourism: insights from Australia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 33 (4), 755-779. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2023.2242608

Macro-scale decarbonisation of tourism: insights from Australia

2024

Journal Article

Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions

Sun, Ya-Yen, Faturay, Futu, Lenzen, Manfred, Gössling, Stefan and Higham, James (2024). Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 10384, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54582-7

Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions

2024

Journal Article

Doing all we can? Destination management organizations’ net-zero pledges and their decarbonization plans

Guix, Mireia, Babakhani, Nazila and Sun, Ya-Yen (2024). Doing all we can? Destination management organizations’ net-zero pledges and their decarbonization plans. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2024.2357377

Doing all we can? Destination management organizations’ net-zero pledges and their decarbonization plans

2024

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of the climate change-tourism demand relationship

Zhou, Wanru, Faturay, Futu, Driml, Sally and Sun, Ya-Yen (2024). Meta-analysis of the climate change-tourism demand relationship. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 32 (9), 1762-1783. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2024.2354882

Meta-analysis of the climate change-tourism demand relationship

2024

Journal Article

Using the blockchain to reduce carbon emissions in the visitor economy

Goean, Eduard Romulus, Font, Xavier, Xiong, Yu, Becken, Susanne, Chenoweth, Jonathan L., Fioramonti, Lorenzo, Higham, James, Jaiswal, Amit Kumar, Sadhukhan, Jhuma, Sun, Ya-Yen, Treiblmaier, Horst, Xia, Senmao and Zhou, Xun (2024). Using the blockchain to reduce carbon emissions in the visitor economy. Sustainability, 16 (10) 4000. doi: 10.3390/su16104000

Using the blockchain to reduce carbon emissions in the visitor economy

2024

Conference Publication

Tourism carbon divided model-a new approach to promote low-carbon tourism

Sun, Ya-Yen (2024). Tourism carbon divided model-a new approach to promote low-carbon tourism. CAUTHE 2024 Conference Proceedings: Diverse Voices: Creating Change in Tourism, Hospitality and Events, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 6-9 February 2024.

Tourism carbon divided model-a new approach to promote low-carbon tourism

2024

Journal Article

On track to net-zero? Large tourism enterprises and climate change

Gössling, Stefan, Humpe, Andreas and Sun, Ya-Yen (2024). On track to net-zero? Large tourism enterprises and climate change. Tourism Management, 100 104842, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2023.104842

On track to net-zero? Large tourism enterprises and climate change

2024

Journal Article

Wish You Were Here? The Economic Impact of the Tourism Shutdown from Australia’s 2019-20 ‘Black Summer’ Bushfires

Reiner, Vivienne, Pathirana, Navoda Liyana, Sun, Ya-Yen, Lenzen, Manfred and Malik, Arunima (2024). Wish You Were Here? The Economic Impact of the Tourism Shutdown from Australia’s 2019-20 ‘Black Summer’ Bushfires. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 8 (1), 107-127. doi: 10.1007/s41885-024-00142-8

Wish You Were Here? The Economic Impact of the Tourism Shutdown from Australia’s 2019-20 ‘Black Summer’ Bushfires

2023

Journal Article

Cruise emissions and economic feasibility of biofuels

Humpe, Andreas, Sun, Ya-Yen and Gössling, Stefan (2023). Cruise emissions and economic feasibility of biofuels. Annals of Tourism Research, 103 103666. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103666

Cruise emissions and economic feasibility of biofuels

2023

Journal Article

A review of tourism and climate change mitigation: the scales, scopes, stakeholders and strategies of carbon management

Gössling, Stefan, Balas, Martin, Mayer, Marius and Sun, Ya-Yen (2023). A review of tourism and climate change mitigation: the scales, scopes, stakeholders and strategies of carbon management. Tourism Management, 95 104681, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2022.104681

A review of tourism and climate change mitigation: the scales, scopes, stakeholders and strategies of carbon management

2023

Book

The ocean as a solution to climate change: updated opportunities for action

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Eliza Northrop, Oliver S. Ashford, Thierry Chopin, Jessica Cross, Carlos Duarte, Steve Gaines, Tess Geers, Stefan Gössling, Peter Haugan, Mark Hemer, Jennifer Howard, Claire Huang, Andreas Humpe, Gabriella Kitch, David Koweek, Dorte Krause-Jensen, Catherine E. Lovelock, Kathryn Matthews, Patrick Mustain, Finn Gunnar Nielsen, Robert Parker, Joyashree Roy, Tristan Smith, Shreya Some, Ya-Yen Sun, Torsten Thiele and Peter Tyedmers eds. (2023). The ocean as a solution to climate change: updated opportunities for action. Washington, DC USA: World Resources Institute.

The ocean as a solution to climate change: updated opportunities for action

2022

Other Outputs

Tourism Carbon Footprint of Scotland

Sun, Ya-Yen, Guix, Mireia and Babakhani, Nazila (2022). Tourism Carbon Footprint of Scotland. Brisbane, QLD Australia: University of Queensland.

Tourism Carbon Footprint of Scotland

2022

Journal Article

Does tourism increase or decrease carbon emissions? A systematic review

Sun, Ya-Yen, Gossling, Stefan and Zhou, Wanru (2022). Does tourism increase or decrease carbon emissions? A systematic review. Annals of Tourism Research, 97 103502, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2022.103502

Does tourism increase or decrease carbon emissions? A systematic review

2022

Book Chapter

Carbon footprint

Sun, Ya-Yen (2022). Carbon footprint. Encyclopedia of tourism management and marketing: volumes 1-4. (pp. 411-414) edited by Dimitrios Buhalis. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.4337/9781800377486.carbon.footprint

Carbon footprint

2022

Journal Article

Can Norway become a net-zero economy under scenarios of tourism growth?

Sun, Ya-Yen, Gössling, Stefan, Hem, Leif E., Iversen, Nina M., Walnum, Hans Jakob, Scott, Daniel and Oklevik, Ove (2022). Can Norway become a net-zero economy under scenarios of tourism growth?. Journal of Cleaner Production, 363 132414, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132414

Can Norway become a net-zero economy under scenarios of tourism growth?

2022

Conference Publication

Road to recovery: Assessing job risk and the impact on the most vulnerable in Indonesia’s pandemic-hit tourism industry

Sun, Ya-Yen, Wang, Jie, Faturay, Futu, Auwalin, Ilmiawan and Sie, Lintje (2022). Road to recovery: Assessing job risk and the impact on the most vulnerable in Indonesia’s pandemic-hit tourism industry. The 17th IRSA International Conference, Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia, 18-19 July 2022. Online:

Road to recovery: Assessing job risk and the impact on the most vulnerable in Indonesia’s pandemic-hit tourism industry

2022

Journal Article

Carbon emissions of the tourism telecoupling system: Theoretical framework, model specification and synthesis effects

Duan, Xiaofang, Zhang, Jinhe, Sun, Ping, Zhang, Honglei, Wang, Chang, Sun, Ya-Yen, Lenzen, Manfred, Malik, Arunima, Cao, Shanshan and Kan, Yue (2022). Carbon emissions of the tourism telecoupling system: Theoretical framework, model specification and synthesis effects. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (10) 5984, 5984. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19105984

Carbon emissions of the tourism telecoupling system: Theoretical framework, model specification and synthesis effects

2022

Journal Article

Tourism, job vulnerability and income inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global perspective

Sun, Ya-Yen, Li, Mengyu, Lenzen, Manfred, Malik, Arunima and Pomponi, Francesco (2022). Tourism, job vulnerability and income inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global perspective. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 3 (1) 100046, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.annale.2022.100046

Tourism, job vulnerability and income inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global perspective

2021

Journal Article

Who are vulnerable in a tourism crisis? A tourism employment vulnerability analysis for the COVID-19 management

Sun, Ya-Yen, Sie, Lintje, Faturay, Futu, Auwalin, Ilmiawan and Wang, Jie (2021). Who are vulnerable in a tourism crisis? A tourism employment vulnerability analysis for the COVID-19 management. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 49, 304-308. doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.08.014

Who are vulnerable in a tourism crisis? A tourism employment vulnerability analysis for the COVID-19 management