Climate, Science and Society

Zeke Baker is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University, USA. His research investigates how changes in climate knowledge relate to political dynamics, especially over the historical long term, in the United States and comparative contexts.Tamar Law is a PhD student at Cornell University in Development Studies and holds an MPhil in Human Environmental Geography from the University of Oxford. Her research in the United States and Southeast Asia examines the knowledge and land politics of climate adaptation and mitigation, centering questions of climate justice.Mark Vardy is a faculty member of the Criminology Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada. He is interested in drawing from STS to contribute to discussions of climate justice in green criminology.Stephen Zehr is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Southern Indiana, USA. His past research focused on climate change scientific expertise and its representation in the media. He is currently researching maple syrup producers and their adaptation to technological changes, climate change, and labor supply and allegiances.

• Table of ContentsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionZeke Baker, Tamar Law, Mark Vardy, and Stephen ZehrPART I: Climate Change Science as a Social Issue: IntroductionZeke Baker1: Future Times and Spaces: Tracing Objectivity, Scale, and Politics in the Social Life of Climate ScienceZeke Baker2: Meteorology, Climate Science, and Empire: Histories and LegaciesMartin Mahony3: Rethinking Our Histories and Relations with Climate ChangeCandis CallisonPART II: Theorizing Climate, Science, and Society: IntroductionStephen Zehr4: We Cannot Afford Not to Perform Constructionist Studies of Mainstream Climate ScienceMyanna Lahsen5: Political Economies of Climate Science: Beyond Technological Villains and Scientific SaviorsZeke BakerPART III: Media and Public Communication about Climate Change: IntroductionStephen Zehr6: Climate Change Communication: Simple, Right?Stephen Zehr7: Public Communication and Perceptions of Climate Change in BrazilEloisa Beling Loose and Anabela Carvalho8: News and Social Media Imagery of Climate Change: Analyzing the Role and Impact of Visuals in Public CommunicationMike S. Schäfer and Xiaoyue YanPART IV: NGOs, Civil Society, and Social Movements: IntroductionMark Vardy9: Non-Governmental Organizations and the Environmental Movement: Challenges in Climate Change FramingSteven Yearley10: Expert Activists and NGOs: Understanding and Acting on Global Climate ChangeAdam Fleischmann11: Skirting the Frame: Prepping and the Conservative Politics of Climate ChangeAllison FordPART V: Climate Justice: IntroductionTamar Law12: Postcards from Small Town India: Situated Climate Justice, Science, and TechnologyAnkit Bhardwaj13: Solar Affordances and the Struggle for Climate Justice in Southwest AsiaKendra Kintzi14: Upstream Engagement in the Era of Climate ChangeRoopali Phadke15: Climate Justice: Taking Back the CommonsShangrila JoshiPART VI: Climate Governance: IntroductionMark Vardy16: Climate Change as Ontological Unsettling: A View from the CityHannah Knox17: The IPCC as a Body of ExpertiseReiner Grundmann18: Consensus, National Self-Interest, and the Shaping of Climate Knowledge in IPCC Assessment ProcessesMark Vardy19: Trust at the Climate Science-Policy InterfaceTiago Ribeiro DuartePART VII: Energy, Sustainability, and Sociotechnical Transitions: IntroductionStephen Zehr20: Energy Transitions in a World of Polarized PoliticsDavid J. Hess21: Configuring Markets and Transactions for Energy System Transition: A Role for STS ResearchDaniel Breslau22: The Role of Users in the Energy TransitionMarianne Ryghaug, Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, and Robert Næss23: STS and the Design of FuturesClark A. MillerPART VIII: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience: IntroductionTamar Law24: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience: Sociotechnical and Knowledge DimensionsTim Forsyth25: Rethinking Climate Change AdaptationMarcus Taylor26: Farming in Climate Crisis: Agricultural Adaptation(s) in Central New York StateTamar Law27: Climate Adaptation, Methodology, and the Case StudySarah E. VaughnPART IX: Art, Infrastructure, and Climate: IntroductionMark Vardy28: Amphibious CitiesDominic Boyer29: Aesthetic Encounters with the More-Than-HumanDésirée Förster30: Averted VisionKarolina SobeckaPART X: Climate Engineering: IntroductionZeke Baker31: The Politics of Climate Engineering ResearchJulia Schubert32: The Intervention of Climate ScienceStefan Schäfer33: Making the 1.5oC Aspirational Climate Target Tangible with Carbon Dioxide Removal and Boundary WorkAnders Hansson34: Boundary Work in Solar Geoengineering Assessment and ExperimentsSean LowPART XI: Climate Futures: IntroductionZeke Baker35: Futuring in Climate Politics: Activism and the Politics of the ImaginationJeroen Oomen36: The World Ocean and Climate ConnectivitiesCymene Howe37: From Controlling Global Mean Temperature to Caring for a Flourishing ClimateAndy StirlingIndex