Just Climate Futures
Integrating Social Inclusion Into the Net Zero Transition
By Carolyn Snell and Lucie Middlemiss
Published
Oct 1, 2025Page count
176 pagesISBN
978-1529239881Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Sep 9, 2025Page count
176 pagesISBN
978-1529239874Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Oct 1, 2025Page count
176 pagesISBN
978-1529239898Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Just Climate Futures
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.
'A book for now! An indispensable resource highlighting the vital contributions needed in defining the future of climate policy. It champions a "just climate future" ensuring those most impacted guide equitable and sustainable solutions.' Dave Beck, University of Salford
Carolyn Snell is Reader in Social Policy at the School for Business and Society, University of York.
Lucie Middlemiss is Professor of Environment and Society at the Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds.
1. Introduction
2. Net Zero Policy and Climate Futures
3. A Just Transition?
4. Rooting Net Zero in Social Thinking
5. Pathway to a Just Climate Future
