Mazen Labban co-edited a symposium on apocalypse in Capitalism Nature Socialism, investigating the links between climate change, apocalyptic narrative, and political response and possibility.
Labban, M., Correia, D. and Huber, M. (2013) Apocalypse, the Radical Left and the Post-political Condition. Capitalism Nature Socialism. 24:1 pp. 6-48. Link to full symposium.
If you're trying to access these articles from oustide the Rutgers network, please contact Professor Labban directly.
Rachael Shwom's and Janet Lorenzen's investigation of different models of consumer behavior and their implications for mitigating climate change
Shwom, Rachael and Lorenzen, Janet. (2012) Changing household consumption to address climate change: social scientific insights and challenges. WIRES Climate Change, 3: 379-395 doi: 10.1002/wcc.182. Link For full text, please contact Professor Shwom directly.
Howard Latin's new book on the failures of conventional green-house gas mitigation and on the need to decarbonize
Latin, H. (2012) Climate Change Policy Failures: Why conventional mitigation approaches cannot succeed. World Scientific Books: Singapore. Link
Mazen Labban's critical assessment of International Energy Agency's energy forecasts
Labban, M. (2012) Preempting possibility: A critical assessment of the IEA's World Energy Outlook. Development and Change 43(1) p.375-393. Link (may not work oustide of Rutgers - please contact Professor Labban directly to request a copy)
Bonnie McCay's research on the surfclam fishery's response to climate change
McCay, Bonnie J., Sylvia Brandt, and Carolyn F. Creed. 2011. Human Dimensions of Climate Change and Fisheries in a Coupled System: The Atlantic Surfclam Case. ICES Journal of Marine Science 68(6): 1354-1367 Link
Bonnie McCay's comparative study of fishery community and property arrangements in the face of environmental change
McCay, Bonnie J., Wendy Weisman, and Carolyn F. Creed. 2011. “Coping with Environmental Change: Systemic Responses and the Roles of Property and Community in Three Fisheries, “ Pp. 381-400 In World Fisheries: A Social-ecological Analysis, eds. Rosemary Ommer, Ian Perry, Philippe Cury and Kevern Cochrane. Oxford:Wiley-Blackwell.
Melanie McDermott's policy brief on equity in the context of payment for eco-system services
McDermott, M.H., Mahanty, S. and Schreckenberg, K. 2011 A framework for defining equity. Policy brief for Safeguarding local equity as global values of ecosystem services rise project under Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (UK). Link
James Mitchell's article on the history of responses to climate hazards in Ireland
Mitchell, James K. 2011 Looking backward to see forward: Historical changes of public
knowledge about climate hazards in Ireland. Irish Geography 44(1). Link
Adelle Thomas' and Robin Leichenko's article on adaptation through insurance
Thomas, A. and Leichenko, R. 2011 Adaptation through Insurance: Lessons from the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Volume 3. Link
Responding to Climate Change in New York State - Robin Leichenko's participation in NYSERDA's ClimAID report
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. November 2011. Responding to Climate Change in New York State: The ClimAID Integrated Assessment for Effective Climate Change adaptation in New York State. Read the summaries or the full report here, and follow New York Time's coverage of its release here.
Robin Leichenko is on the IPCC Working Group II, which just released a Special Report on managing extreme events in conjunction with climate change adapatation
Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) - Summary for Policy Makers. IPCC Working Groups I and II. November 2011. Link
