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Climate change is the most important issue now facing humanity. As
global temperatures increase, floods, fires and storms are becoming
both more intense and frequent. People are suffering. And yet,
emissions continue to rise. This book unpacks the activities of the
key actors which have organised past and present climate responses
- specifically, corporations, governments, and civil society
organisations. Analysing three elements of climate change -
mitigation, adaptation and suffering - the authors show how
exponential growth of the capitalist system has allowed the fossil
fuel industry to maintain its dominance. However, this hegemonic
position is now coming under threat as new and innovative social
movements have emerged, including the fossil fuel divestment
movement, Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion and others. In
exposing the inadequacies of current climate policies and pointing
to the possibilities of new social and economic systems, this book
highlights how the worst impacts of climate change can be avoided.
Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, a
definitive manifestation of the well-worn links between progress
and devastation. This book explores the complex relationship that
the corporate world has with climate change and examines the
central role of corporations in shaping political and social
responses to the climate crisis. The principal message of the book
is that despite the need for dramatic economic and political
change, corporate capitalism continues to rely on the maintenance
of 'business as usual'. The authors explore the different processes
through which corporations engage with climate change. Key
discussion points include climate change as business risk,
corporate climate politics, the role of justification and
compromise, and managerial identity and emotional reactions to
climate change. Written for researchers and graduate students, this
book moves beyond descriptive and normative approaches to provide a
sociologically and critically informed theory of corporate
responses to climate change.
Climate change is the most important issue now facing humanity. As
global temperatures increase, floods, fires and storms are becoming
both more intense and frequent. People are suffering. And yet,
emissions continue to rise. This book unpacks the activities of the
key actors which have organised past and present climate responses
- specifically, corporations, governments, and civil society
organisations. Analysing three elements of climate change -
mitigation, adaptation and suffering - the authors show how
exponential growth of the capitalist system has allowed the fossil
fuel industry to maintain its dominance. However, this hegemonic
position is now coming under threat as new and innovative social
movements have emerged, including the fossil fuel divestment
movement, Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion and others. In
exposing the inadequacies of current climate policies and pointing
to the possibilities of new social and economic systems, this book
highlights how the worst impacts of climate change can be avoided.
Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, a
definitive manifestation of the well-worn links between progress
and devastation. This book explores the complex relationship that
the corporate world has with climate change and examines the
central role of corporations in shaping political and social
responses to the climate crisis. The principal message of the book
is that despite the need for dramatic economic and political
change, corporate capitalism continues to rely on the maintenance
of 'business as usual'. The authors explore the different processes
through which corporations engage with climate change. Key
discussion points include climate change as business risk,
corporate climate politics, the role of justification and
compromise, and managerial identity and emotional reactions to
climate change. Written for researchers and graduate students, this
book moves beyond descriptive and normative approaches to provide a
sociologically and critically informed theory of corporate
responses to climate change.
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