Climate Change (old guide)
Provides resources on climate change and global warming from the perspective of the disciplines of science, social science and humanities.
Political science and economics of climate change
Credit: Joel Pett
What kinds of questions do political scientists and economists ask about climate change?
- What are the political and economic issues connected to climate change?
- How can political systems be responsive to climate chaos?
- What is the economic cost of climate change?
- How should governments use taxation to address climate change?
- What international considerations should be considered, such as international treaties, trade, or inequalities?
- How does the growth of technology come into play?
- What are the political consequences of geoengineering or other responses to climate policy?
Web Resources
- Climate change worsens economic inequality, scientists sayFrom CBS News, April 2019
- Climate Change’s Giant Impact on the Economy: 4 Key IssuesNew York Times, January 2019
- Economics of Climate ChangeFrom the Environmental Protection Agency.
- The Existential Politics of Climate ChangeGlobal Policy, February 2019
- The Global Politics of Climate Change: Challenge for Political ScienceBy Robert O. Keohane, professor of international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. 2014
- Mapping The Potential Economic Effects Of Climate ChangeFrom NPR, June 2017
- Politics & Global Warming: December 2020Drawing on a nationally representative survey, this report describes how Democratic, Independent, and Republican registered voters view climate and energy policies. From George Mason University.
- Policy & PoliticsYale Program on Climate Communication, regularly updated
- These Countries Have Prices on Carbon. Are They Working?New York Times, April 2019
- What is the Psychology of Ecofascism? A BibliographyFrom Climate & Mind, an updated bibliography
Books and ebooks:
Windfall: the booming business of global warming by Call Number: Southeast Main Collection 338.4 F86w 2014
The Big Pivot : radically practical strategies for a hotter, scarcer, and more open world by Call Number: Sylvania Main Collection 658.4083 W56b 2014
