Climate and society: transforming the future

The social challenge of climate change -- Scientific evidence of climate change -- Climate change discourses -- Worldviews, beliefs and emotions -- The social drivers of greenhouse gas emissions -- A world of energy -- Climate change impacts -- Vulnerability and human security -- Adapting to a changing climate -- Transforming the future.

Intro -- Contents -- Title page -- Copyright page -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- 1 The Social Challenge of Climate Change -- Setting the stage -- Why does climate change matter? -- Equity, ethics, and justice -- The climate of the Anthropocene -- Openings and opportunities -- Climate change as transformation -- Summary -- Reflection questions -- Further reading -- 2 Scientific Evidence of Climate Change -- The scientific consensus -- Evidence of climate change -- Documenting a changing climate -- Other evidence of climate change -- Linking climate change to greenhouse gas emissions and human activities -- Projecting climate futures -- Is science enough? -- Summary -- Reflection questions -- Further reading -- 3 Climate Change Discourses -- What kind of a problem is climate change? -- The power of discourses -- The biophysical discourse -- The critical discourse -- Dismissive discourse -- The integrative discourse -- Summary -- Reflection questions -- Further reading -- 4 Worldviews, Beliefs, and Emotions -- How do you see the world? -- What is a worldview? -- Categorizing worldviews -- Changing worldviews -- Views of nature and climate change -- Views of nature -- Linking views of nature to understandings of climate change -- Beliefs, identities, values, and emotions -- Beliefs and identities -- Values and social norms -- Emotions -- Connecting with climate change through film, fiction, and art -- Imagining the future through TV, film, and fiction -- Climate change in visual and participatory arts -- Summary -- Reflection questions -- Further reading -- 5 The Social Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- The elephant in the room -- National emissions patterns -- National emissions -- National emissions and development -- Globalization and the spatial displacement of emissions.