The Tourism Climate Change Knowledge System

Effective climate change action relies on the production of relevant knowledge. This review provides an interdisciplinary meta-analysis to critically assess tourism and climate change knowledge production across three knowledge domains: academic, practical and political. Building on existing tourism knowledge frameworks and applying systems thinking, the Tourism Climate Change Knowledge System is developed consisting of five knowledge dimensions: Source of knowledge, Knowledge creation, Influence on knowledge, Knowledge content and Knowledge impact. Results reveal how knowledge differs across domains and what barriers impede effective knowledge generation. While some links could be identified, there remains a disconnect between academic knowledge outputs and practical and political knowledge needs. The holistic lens enables the formulation of recommendations to enhance the production and use of knowledge. •The Tourism Climate Change Knowledge System consists of five knowledge domains.•Knowledge across academic, practical and political domains is compared.•Outputs reflect a range of underlying ideologies, dominated by neoliberalism.•Barriers to the science-policy-practice interface of tourism and climate are identified.•Feedbacks and links between system elements need to be improved.