Climate, Science and Society

Climate, Science and Society: A Primer makes cutting-edge research on climate change accessible to student readers. The primer consists of 37 short chapters organized within 11 parts written by Science and Technology Studies (STS) and other social science scholars. It covers a range of key topics including communication, justice and inequality, climate policy, and energy transitions, situating each one within the context of STS studies. Each reading translates a focused area of climate change research into short, accessible, and lively prose. Chapter authors open debates where relevant, consider policy implications, critique existing areas of research, and otherwise situate their reading within a larger body of research relevant to climate change courses. Designed as a jumping-off point for further exploration, this innovative book will be essential reading for students studying climate change, STS, environmental sociology, and environmental sciences. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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 Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Zeke Baker, Tamar Law, Mark Vardy, and Stephen Zehr PART I: Climate Change Science as a Social Issue: Introduction Zeke Baker 1: Future Times and Spaces: Tracing Objectivity, Scale, and Politics in the Social Life of Climate Science Zeke Baker 2: Meteorology, Climate Science, and Empire: Histories and Legacies Martin Mahony 3: Rethinking Our Histories and Relations with Climate Change Candis Callison PART II: Theorizing Climate, Science, and Society: Introduction Stephen Zehr 4: We Cannot Afford Not to Perform Constructionist Studies of Mainstream Climate Science Myanna Lahsen 5: Political Economies of Climate Science: Beyond Technological Villains and Scientific Saviors Zeke Baker PART III: Media and Public Communication about Climate Change: Introduction Stephen Zehr 6: Climate Change Communication: Simple, Right? Stephen Zehr 7: Public Communication and Perceptions of Climate Change in Brazil Eloisa Beling Loose and Anabela Carvalho 8: News and Social Media Imagery of Climate Change: Analyzing the Role and Impact of Visuals in Public Communication Mike S. Schäfer and Xiaoyue Yan PART IV: NGOs, Civil Society, and Social Movements: Introduction Mark Vardy 9: Non-Governmental Organizations and the Environmental Movement: Challenges in Climate Change Framing Steven Yearley 10: Expert Activists and NGOs: Understanding and Acting on Global Climate Change Adam Fleischmann 11: Skirting the Frame: Prepping and the Conservative Politics of Climate Change Allison Ford PART V: Climate Justice: Introduction Tamar Law 12: Postcards from Small Town India: Situated Climate Justice, Science, and Technology Ankit Bhardwaj 13: Solar Affordances and the Struggle for Climate Justice in Southwest Asia Kendra Kintzi 14: Upstream Engagement in the Era of Climate Change Roopali Phadke 15: Climate Justice: Taking Back the Commons Shangrila Joshi PART VI: Climate Governance: Introduction Mark Vardy 16: Climate Change as Ontological Unsettling: A View from the City Hannah Knox 17: The IPCC as a Body of Expertise Reiner Grundmann 18: Consensus, National Self-Interest, and the Shaping of Climate Knowledge in IPCC Assessment Processes Mark Vardy 19: Trust at the Climate Science-Policy Interface Tiago Ribeiro Duarte PART VII: Energy, Sustainability, and Sociotechnical Transitions: Introduction Stephen Zehr 20: Energy Transitions in a World of Polarized Politics David J. Hess 21: Configuring Markets and Transactions for Energy System Transition: A Role for STS Research Daniel Breslau 22: The Role of Users in the Energy Transition Marianne Ryghaug, Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, and Robert Næss 23: STS and the Design of Futures Clark A. Miller PART VIII: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience: Introduction Tamar Law 24: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience: Sociotechnical and Knowledge Dimensions Tim Forsyth 25: Rethinking Climate Change Adaptation Marcus Taylor 26: Farming in Climate Crisis: Agricultural Adaptation(s) in Central New York State Tamar Law 27: Climate Adaptation, Methodology, and the Case Study Sarah E. Vaughn PART IX: Art, Infrastructure, and Climate: Introduction Mark Vardy 28: Amphibious Cities Dominic Boyer 29: Aesthetic Encounters with the More-Than-Human Désirée Förster 30: Averted Vision Karolina Sobecka PART X: Climate Engineering: Introduction Zeke Baker 31: The Politics of Climate Engineering Research Julia Schubert 32: The Intervention of Climate Science Stefan Schäfer 33: Making the 1.5oC Aspirational Climate Target Tangible with Carbon Dioxide Removal and Boundary Work Anders Hansson 34: Boundary Work in Solar Geoengineering Assessment and Experiments Sean Low PART XI: Climate Futures: Introduction Zeke Baker 35: Futuring in Climate Politics: Activism and the Politics of the Imagination Jeroen Oomen 36: The World Ocean and Climate Connectivities Cymene Howe 37: From Controlling Global Mean Temperature to Caring for a Flourishing Climate Andy Stirling Index