Carbon labels in tourism: Persuasive communication?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 358-369

  Gössling, Stefan ^a,b   Buckley, Ralf ^c  

^a Department of Service Management ^*  (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Certification; Climate change; Consumer behaviour; Ecolabel; Policy; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CARBON LABELS; CERTIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ECOLABELS; INDUSTRY SECTORS; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; TECHNICAL INFORMATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84949815156     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.067     Document Type: Article

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