Kelly Bricker

Kelly Bricker is a professor and the director of Hainan University-Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College or HAITC. She completed her PhD with the Penn State University, specializing in sustainable tourism and protected areas. She has authored books on sustainability, highlighting case studies that address environmental and societal issues, such as “Sustainable Tourism & the Millennium Development Goals: Effecting Positive Change,” and adventure education in “Adventure Programing and Travel for the 21st Century.” She serves the boards of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, Travel Unity, and Tourism and Protected Area Specialists Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

As Director of HAITC, a committed sustainable tourism scholar and educator, who often leads educational tourism experiences, I decided to join many other companies across the travel industry and declare a climate emergency with Tourism Declares. Like all other signatories, I have committed to...

1. Deliver a climate action plan within 12 month of signing.
2. Report publicly both progress against interim and long-term targets, as well as the actions being taken, at least annually.
3. Align our plan with five shared pathways (measure, decarbonise, regenerate, collaborate, finance) to ensure climate action is consistent across all of tourism.
4. Share information on activities connected to Tourism Declares and/or the Glasgow Declaration among contacts and networks.
5. Work in a collaborative and constructive spirit with other members of Tourism Declares and/or signatories of the Glasgow Declaration.