Just climate futures : integrating social inclusion into the net zero transition / Carolyn Snell and Lucie Middlemiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snell, Carolyn, author.

Middlemiss, Lucie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate change adaptation.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 145 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.

Summary:

If we are to meet 'Net Zero' targets, both climate policies and our daily lives require significant change. The transition towards Net Zero will lead to inevitable trade-offs between social, economic and environmental objectives, and this transition could disproportionately impact households already struggling with poverty and precarity. This book takes a deep dive into the ways families and communities are, or could be, impacted by the implementation of climate policy. It demonstrates that participation in Net Zero requires people to be economically, culturally, socially and politically engaged ? and provides a practical roadmap to encourage and support a truly just transition.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Just Climate Futures: Integrating Social Inclusion Into the Net Zero Transition

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes

Notes on Contributors

Contributor biographies

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Introduction

Introduction

What is Net Zero and the just transition?

Net Zero and the low carbon economy

Future visions of life under Net Zero

The just transition to Net Zero

Towards just climate futures

Gaps in current thinking

Thinking differently: putting people and place at the heart of Net Zero

Thinking differently: starting in the present

Some important clarifications

The climate crisis as a human crisis

A note on conceptual clarity

Project team and use of empirical data

What to expect in the rest of the book

2 Net Zero Policy and Climate Futures

Summarizing key areas of change -​ visions of a Net Zero future

Areas of daily life: where we live

The nature of the change

Making it happen

Impacting people

Areas of daily life: where we go

Impacts

Areas of daily life: what we eat

Areas of daily life: what we do for fun

Areas of daily life: what we buy

Areas of daily life: work life

A just transition to Net Zero?

3 A Just Transition?

Where we live

Present day inequalities in where we live

The Net Zero transition and future risks: where we live

Overall issues

Changes that affect the home: retrofit

Changes that affect the home: heat pumps.

Changing energy systems: community energy

Changes that affect the home: smart home technology and demand side reduction

Responding to these challenges

Where we go

Present day inequalities in where we go

The Net Zero transition and future risks: where we go

Promoting electric vehicle ownership

The role of public and active transport in the transition

What we eat

Present day inequalities in what we eat

The Net Zero transition and future risks: what we eat

Dietary change

Food waste

What we do for fun

Present day inequalities in what we do for fun

Leisure spaces

Entertainment

Tourism

The Net Zero transition and future risks: what we do for fun

Changing mobilities and what we do for fun

(Re)development of amenities

Moving online

What we buy

Present day inequalities in what we buy

The Net Zero transition and future risks: what we buy

Low incomes and the poverty premium

Need for banned products

Inequality in a sharing economy

Who pays for this?

What we do for work

Present day inequalities in what we do for work

The Net Zero transition and future risks: what we do for work

Sector based inequalities

Spatial inequalities

Socio-​economic inequalities

Responding to changes to the labour market

Homeworking

Conclusion: Drawing together existing work on climate policies, Net Zero, social policy and justice

4 Rooting Net Zero in Social Thinking

Characterizing social exclusion in relation to Net Zero

Resources

Material and economic resources

Access to services

Social resources

Participation

Economic participation

Social participation

Employment, education and skills

Political participation

Quality of life

Health and wellbeing

Living environment

Avoiding harm.

Centring social exclusion in just climate futures

What can we learn from B-​SEM?

Introducing Jim

5 Pathway to a Just Climate Future

What have we learned in writing this book?

Net Zero policy will have diverse, unequal and complex effects

Structural differences in the present will shape the future

Specific types of households, people and communities are at risk of exclusion

Mechanisms of exclusion cut across areas of life

What is a just climate future?

Our pathway to a just climate future

Step 1: Understand the challenge of just climate futures in your community

How will Net Zero changes affect your community?

Who is specifically at risk of exclusion?

Step 2: Build a vision for just climate futures in your community

Step 3: Plan for just climate futures in your community

Strategic approach

Designing inclusive actions

Policy change to support just climate futures

Policy risks in the present

Policy change needed to support local action

National government and policy

Devolved powers

Supporting community involvement and championship

Data, monitoring and assessment

Conclusion: Jim's just transition

Notes

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5292-3988-5

1-5292-3990-7

OCLC:

1528352371