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Climate Change and Society

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Contemporary societies are faced by a new spectre haunting the ‘globe’ — the changing of the world’s climate. This was not believed possible by scientists until fairly recently although the theoretical idea of a ‘greenhouse effect’ has been well established for a century or so.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Kellogg College, University of Oxford, UK

    Jonathan Michie (President) (President)

  2. Lancaster University, UK

    Cary L. Cooper (Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health) (Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health)

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Urry, J. (2015). Climate Change and Society. In: Michie, J., Cooper, C.L. (eds) Why the Social Sciences Matter. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137269928_4

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