Critical climate geographies
Climate change has long been a concern for geographers. Yet in recent years, the relationship between the discipline of human geography and the topic of climate change has evolved. Reflecting this, an especially vibrant area of scholarship is the consolidating field of ‘critical climate geographies’: a field that not only examines the spatial and temporal dimensions of climate change, but also the social, political, economic, and cultural structures that underpin its impacts and governance. This paper considers the present and future role of critical climate change research in geography, both within the discipline and within climate scholarship more broadly.
Authors
- Nicole Cocolas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0033-1593)
- Candice Howarth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2132-5747)
- Olivia Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2862-7935)
- Andrea Byfuglien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3187-8077)
- Alexandre S. Gagnon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1301-6015)
- Katie McQuaid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4919-2958)
- Laurie Parsons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3461-3468)
- Robert Bradford Marshall
- Ruth Machen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2699-6929)
- Harriet Thew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-7595)
- Faisal Bin Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3336-8018)
- Andrew P. Kythreotis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9436-8185)
- Stacey C. Heath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6548-7572)
- Ricardo Safra de Campos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2345-7524)
- Megan James
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- University of Sussex (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
- The Open University (GB)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- American University in London (GB)
- University of Surrey (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- VinUniversity (VN)
- University of Lincoln (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- University of Delaware (US)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Progress in Human Geography
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325251365280
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Royal Geographical Society