Daniel scott

Dr Daniel Scott is a Professor and Research Chair in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo (Canada). He has worked extensively on sustainable tourism for 25 years, with a focus on the transition to a low carbon tourism economy and adaptation to the complex impacts of a changing climate. Since 2021, Daniel has been on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher list (global top 1% in field) and in 2023 he was recognised as one of Canada’s top scholars when he was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Daniel has advised and led projects for a wide range of tourism organisations around the world, including the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, World Travel and Tourism Council, European Tourism Commission, and Caribbean Tourism Organisation, as well as World Bank, International Olympic Committee, OECD, US Senate, and the Inter-American Development Bank. Over the last two decades he has also contributed tourism perspectives to multiple Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reports.  Daniel’s research has been featured in many leading media outlets, including The Economist, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Guardian, BBC, Aljazeera, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic and many other others.