Contribution of anthropology to the study of climate change

Jessica Barnes; Michael Dove; Myanna Lahsen; Andrew Mathews; Pamela McElwee; Roderick McIntosh; Frances Moore; Jessica O'Reilly; Ben Orlove; Rajindra Puri; Harvey Weiss; Karina Yager

doi:10.1038/nclimate1775

Contribution of anthropology to the study of climate change

Jessica Barnes, Michael Dove, Myanna Lahsen, Andrew Mathews, Pamela McElwee, Roderick McIntosh, Frances Moore, Jessica O'Reilly, Ben Orlove, Rajindra Puri, Harvey Weiss, Karina Yager

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Human Ecology

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Understanding the challenge that climate change poses and crafting appropriate adaptation and mitigation mechanisms requires input from the breadth of the natural and social sciences. Anthropology's in-depth fieldwork methodology, long engagement in questions of society-environment interactions and broad, holistic view of society yields valuable insights into the science, impacts and policy of climate change. Yet the discipline's voice in climate change debates has remained a relatively marginal one until now. Here, we identify three key ways that anthropological research can enrich and deepen contemporary understandings of climate change.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	541-544
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Climate Change
Volume	3
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1775
State	Published - Jun 2013

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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