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ABSTRACT
Debates surrounding the human impact on climate change have, in recent years, proliferated in political, academic, and public rhetoric. Such debates have also played out in the context of tourism research (e.g. extent to which anthropogenic climate change exists; public understanding in relation to climate change and tourism). Taking these debates as its point of departure, whilst also adopting a post-structuralist position, this paper offers a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of comments to an online BBC news article concerning climate change. Our analysis finds three key ways responsibility is mitigated through climate change talk: scepticism towards the scientific evidence surrounding climate change; placing responsibility on the “distant other” through a nationalistic discourse; and presenting CO2 as “plant food”. The implications of these ways of thinking about climate change are discussed with a focus on how this translates into action related to the sustainability of tourism behaviours. In doing so, it concludes that a deeper understanding of everyday climate talk is essential if the tourism sector is to move towards more sustainable forms of consumption.
每日气候论述和可持续旅游
摘要近年来，政坛、学术界和公众间都在争论关于人类对气候变化影响的话题。这些议题也同样出现在旅游研究的背景下（如人为气候变化以何种程度存在；人们对气候变化和旅游之间关系的理解）。本文以这些争论话题作为出发点，并以后结构主义角度来给一篇有关气候变化的BBC在线新闻文章提供福柯论述分析的评论。通过对气候变化的讨论，该分析发现了减轻责任三个关键方法，它们分别是对气候变化相关科学证据的怀疑，把责任放在相关甚微的民族主义话语上，以及把二氧化碳看作"植物养料"。这三个对气候变暖的想法着重关注于如何将这些行动转换为可持续的旅游行为。为了实现这种转换，文章认为如果想让旅游业向更可持续的消费方式迈进，那么对每日气候讨论的深刻认识是十分重要的。
Acknowledgments
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Paul Hanna
Dr Paul Hanna is a chartered psychologist and lecturer in sustainable tourism at the University of Surrey. His research expertise is in pro-environmental behaviour from a psycho-social perspective that considers the micro- and macro-facilitators and barriers to behavioural change. Paul also has expertise in qualitative methodologies.
Caroline Scarles
Dr Caroline Scarles is the Head of Department for tourism and events at the University of Surrey. Her research expertise is in the area of sustainability and ethics within tourism, with particular focus on consumer behaviour, socio-cultural impacts and community engagement. Caroline also has expertise in the visual in tourism.
Scott Cohen
Dr Scott Cohen is deputy director of research for the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Surrey. His research expertise is in sociological and consumer behaviour issues in tourism, transport and leisure contexts, with particular interests in sustainable mobility, hypermobility and in lifestyle travel.
Matthew Adams
Dr Matthew Adams is principal lecturer in psychology at the University of Brighton. He is a sociocultural psychologist, with a particular interest in the interrelationship between nature, culture, subjectivity and social action. He is currently working on a monograph tackling these issues for Palgrave, entitled Ecological crisis, sustainability & the psychosocial subject, due for publication in 2016.