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.