ClimateCulturesinEuropeandNorthAmerica

Bringing together scholarly research by climate experts working in different locations and social science disciplines, this book offers insights into how climate change is socially and culturally constructed.

PART 1 Introduction Examining Climate Cultures in Europe and North America PART II Contexts 1 Climate Cultures 2 Excavating Transatlantic Climates: An Archeology of Climate Discourse between Germany and the United States PART III Europe 3 Capturing Climate-Cultural Diversity: A Comparison of Climate Change Debates in Germany 4 Unusual Suspects: Urban Change Agents for Climate Change Mitigation in Germany 5 Fractured Climate Cultures in Depopulated Southern Spanish Communities 6 Cultural Perception and Adaptation to Climate Change among Reindeer Saami Communities in Finland PART IV North America 7 Contested Climate Cultures: Frame Resonance Disputes within the US Environmental Movement over Geoengineering Proposals 8 The Politics of a Sustainable Coast: Competing Adaptation Cultures in Southeastern Louisiana 9 Playing Hide and Seek: Adapting Climate Cultures in Troubled Political Waters in Georgia, United States