Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
12-2024
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of advances in social science research on the anthropogenic drivers of climate change. Anthropogenic drivers refer to the social systems and human actions causing GHG emissions, and societal factors shaping and conditioning those actions. The authors summarize the contemporary drivers research literature on (1) economic growth, (2) income and wealth inequality, (3) environmental load displacement and ecologically unequal exchange, (4) militarization, and (5) corporations. In addition to summarizing recent work, the authors identify future directions for each of these areas of research, as well as ways in which they can be better integrated.
Keywords
Climate change, Anthropogenic drivers
Discipline
Anthropology | Place and Environment
Research Areas
Sociology
Publication
Routledge handbook of climate change and society
Editor
BRECHIN, Steven R; LEE Seungyun
Identifier
10.4324/9781003291206-6
Publisher
Routledge
City or Country
London
Embargo Period
12-1-2025
Citation
JORGENSON, Andrew, EL TINAY, Hassan, FITZGERALD, Jared, GIVENS, Jennifer, GOH, Taekyeong, HUANG, Xiaorui, KELLY, Orla, RIEGER, Annika Marie, & THOMBS, Ryan P.. (2024). Advances in research on anthropogenic drivers of climate change. In Routledge handbook of climate change and society (pp. ). London: Routledge.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4118
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003291206-6
