293
New Research in the Sociology of Climate Change

Monday, 11 July 2016: 10:45-12:15
Location: Hörsaal 50 (Main Building)
RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)

Language: English

Climate change has become a key area of research within environmental sociology. The social, cultural and political dynamics of this complex environmental issue are riddled with tensions and contradictions. While international climate policy-making summits often fail to make significant progress, many cities, states and provinces are taking action towards mitigation and adaptation.
Each IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report carries increasingly stern warnings of irreversible ecological change, but as polar sea ice melts, circumpolar nations look at these transformed environments as potential new resource frontiers for oil and minerals. The 2014 People’s Climate March was the largest public mobilization around climate change to date, but climate skeptics continue to receive media visibility disproportionate to their standing within the scientific community.
This session offers a forum for empirical and theoretical work that provides new insight into the sociological dimensions of climate change. Papers may focus on a diverse range of topics, including, but not limited to: 

  • climate change adaptation and mitigation, 
  • media representations and climate discourse, 
  • public opinion and behaviour, 
  • policy-making and governance,
  • social inequality and climate justice, 
  • or climate change social movements and counter-movements.
Session Organizers:
Mark STODDART, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada and David TINDALL, University of British Columbia, Canada
Chair:
Antti GRONOW, University of Helsinki, Finland
Posters:
293.1
Climate Change Discourse Networks in the North and South: Comparing the US, Canada, Brazil and India
Anna KUKKONEN, University of Helsinki, Finland; Pradip SWARNAKAR, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India
293.2
IPCC Reports on Climate Change and Media : Comparing Media Coverage of IPCC AR4 and AR5
Midori AOYAGI, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
293.3
The Role of Engos in Canadian Climate Politics: Comparing Policy Network Actors' Perceptions with Insights from Sociological Theories
Mark STODDART, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; David TINDALL, University of British Columbia, Canada
293.4
Climadapt.Local: Spreading and Strengthening Municipal Adaptation
Luisa SCHMIDT, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Joao GUERRA, Institute of Social Sciences. University of Lisbon, Portugal; Joao MOURATO, Institute of social Sciences. University of lisbon, Portugal; Jose GOMES FERREIRA, Institute of Social Sciences. University of Lisbon, Portugal; Adriana ALVES, Institute of Social Sciences. University of Lisbon, Portugal
293.6
Red State; Blue State: Conflicts over Teaching Climate Change in U.S. Public Schools
Andrew SZASZ, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
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