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Decarbonising academia: confronting our climate hypocrisy

James HighamDepartment of Tourism, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;
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Xavier FontDepartment of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1-9 | Received 08 Nov 2019, Accepted 16 Nov 2019, Published online: 02 Dec 2019

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