Climate action

This book shows how to drive sustainability within your company, turning your passion into action. Packed with strategies and tools, it empowers you to navigate power dynamics, build alliances and lead change, equipping you to create lasting sustainability transitions from the inside out.

This book encourages a radical rethinking of how we tell stories about climate change. Considering the contrasting perspectives of writer Amitav Ghosh and theorist Mark Bould, it reconciles their storytelling for criminologists and all those concerned about—and working towards avoiding—catastrophic climate change.

In 2022, Faith In Nature made history by appointing Nature to its board, giving the natural world a voice. Nature’s Boardroom offers a behind-the-scenes look at this bold move and how businesses can adopt ‘nature governance.’ Simeon Rose shares insights, challenges and practical tools for rethinking the relationship between business and nature.

Our global energy system needs radical and speedy transformation in order to meet climate change targets. This accessible, evidence-based book offers a framework to help manage geopolitical challenges and enable a swift, just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.

Eastern Africa is one of the most climate vulnerable regions of the world, and this book is the first to highlight the direct action and policy change taking place to address the region’s pressing environmental and social challenges.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Examining case studies in Nepal, Peru and Uganda, this book critiques the assumption of linear progress from education to social change and argues for a justice-driven education framework.

Bringing together researchers from around the world, this book explores the main theoretical insights on ecosocial work and how social workers can already bring the ecological dimension into their daily practice.

This book takes a deep dive into the ways families and communities are, or could be, impacted by transition to Net Zero and provides a practical roadmap towards a truly just transition.

In an era of exponential digital growth, this book shows how data centers are transforming urban landscapes and energy systems. Offering twenty case studies from Europe and the USA, it reveals the hidden impacts of our digital world, making essential reading for those shaping sustainable futures.

Climate change is often understood as a main driver of human mobility in Africa, but this book demonstrates the factors — from governance to household finance — that come into play in household mobility practices in Ethiopia and Ghana.

How can Public Policy scholarship contribute to transformational societal change? In this collection of essays, previously published in Policy & Politics, the authors explore different avenues towards more transformational Public Policy research. The chapters address issues such as crises, democracy, participation, disasters, and paradigm change.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As climate change accelerates, our window for action is closing. This book explores the technological and legal changes needed to keep global warming below 2°C. Revealing the controversies of rapid technological adoption and legal reform, experts provide solutions for a complex future.