Column / The Climate Report

Contemporary climate change is a profoundly human issue. How people understand and experience the effects of climate change—from droughts and floods to fires and intense hurricanes—depends on their cultures, histories, and geographical vantage points. While anthropological perspectives are often sidelined in public discussions about climate change, this column highlights climate insights from ethnographic research and anthropological theory.

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Surviving Climate Change in Italy

14 Sep 2018

Chestnut trees provide a key insight into how people can prepare for the storms that are growing increasingly destructive as a result of climate change.
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Carbon Farmers Work to Clean Up the World’s Mess

14 Jun 2018

In Costa Rica—and increasingly in other countries—sustainable agriculture is taking on new meaning and value due to climate change.
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Glacial Melting Isn’t Someone Else’s Problem

28 Feb 2018

Many of us will never see a glacier, but we should all take responsibility for trying to halt their disappearance.
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Natural Disasters Are Social Disasters

13 Dec 2017

As climate change makes some hurricanes more intense, social inequalities are cast in sharp relief.
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Can We “See” Climate Change?

19 Oct 2017

Climate change skeptics point to ice and snow to seed doubt about global warming—but visible evidence of the changing climate is all around us.

Surviving Climate Change in Italy

Carbon Farmers Work to Clean Up the World’s Mess

Glacial Melting Isn’t Someone Else’s Problem

Natural Disasters Are Social Disasters

Can We “See” Climate Change?