Wiertz, Dingeman;
De Graaf, Nan Dirk;
(2022)
The climate crisis: what sociology can contribute.
In: Gërxhani, Klarita and Raub, Werner and De Graaf, Nan Dirk, (eds.)
Handbook of Sociological Science Contributions to Rigorous Sociology.
(pp. 475-492).
Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK.
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Abstract
Climate change provides a major challenge to contemporary societies. Whether the problem is best portrayed as our house being on fire (Thunberg 2019) or as our house being imperceptibly eaten away by dry rot, there is little doubt that we do indeed have a problem. Global temperatures have risen substantially, and heatwaves, hurricanes, floods, and droughts have become increasingly common. There is overwhelming evidence that these trends are, at least for a large part, caused by human activity, with increases in greenhouse gas emissions being the prime culprit (IPCC 2015). According to some analysts, we have entered a new geological era, the Anthropocene, in which humankind has become a global geological force in its own right (Steffen et al. 2011).
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | The climate crisis: what sociology can contribute |
| ISBN: | 1789909422 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781789909425 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.4337/9781789909432.00035 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909432 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Authors 2022. Original content in this chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | climate change, sociology, public goods, cooperation, environment |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10150673 |
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