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Contribution of Anthropology to the Study of Climate Change

2013; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.2271737

1556-5068

Jessica Barnes, Michael R. Dove, Myanna Lahsen, Andrew S. Mathews, Pamela McElwee, Roderick J. McIntosh, Frances C. Moore, Jessica O’Reilly, Ben Orlove, Rajindra K. Puri, Harvey Weiss, Karina Yager,

Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

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.