Climate change is a profoundly social and political challenge that threatens the well-being, livelihood, and survival of people in communities worldwide. Too often, those who have contributed least to climate change are the most likely to suffer from its negative consequences and are often excluded from the policy discussions and decisions that affect their lives.People and Climate Change pays particular attention to the social dimensions of climate change. It closely examines people's lived experience, climate-related injustice and inequity, why some groups are more vulnerable than others, and what can be done about it-especially through greater community inclusion in policy change. The book offers a diverse range of rich, community-based examples from across the "Global North" and "Global South" (e.g., sacrificial flood zones in urban Argentina, forced relocation of United Houma tribal members in the United States, gendered water insecurities in Bangladesh and Australia) while posing social and political questions about climate change (e.g., what can be done about the unequal consequences of climate change by questioning and transforming social institutions and arrangements?). It serves as an essential resource for practitioners, policymakers, and undergraduate-/graduate-level educators of courses in environmental studies, social work, urban studies, planning, geography, sociology, and other disciplines that address matters of climate and environmental change.

ForewordBy Michael SherradenChapter 1. Climate Change, Social Justice: Making the Case for Community InclusionBy Lisa Reyes Mason and Jonathan RiggPart I. WeatherChapter 2. Pathways to Climate Justice in a Desert MetropolisBy Sharon Harlan, Paul Chakalian, Juan Declet-Barreto, David M. Hondula, and G. Darrel JeneretteChapter 3. Water Insecurity in Disaster and Climate Change Contexts: A Feminist Political Ecology ViewBy Bernadette P. ResurrecciónChapter 4. Older People and Climate Change: Vulnerability and Resilience to Extreme Weather in EnglandBy Katie Oven, Jonathan Wistow, and Sarah CurtisPart II. LandChapter 5. Normalizing Discourses: Urban Flooding and Blaming the Victim in Modern Santa Fe, ArgentinaBy April ColetteChapter 6. Reclaiming Land: Adaptation Activities and Global Environmental Change Challenges within Indigenous CommunitiesBy Shanondora Billiot and Jessica ParfaitChapter 7. Urban Development, Vulnerabilities, and Disasters in Indonesia's Coastal Land Reclamations: Does Social Justice Matter?By Rita PadawangiPart III. ComparisonsChapter 8. Resilience to Climate Change in Uganda: Policy Implications for Two Marginalized SocietiesBy Shuaib Lwasa, James Ford, Lea Berrang Ford, Didacus Namanya, IHACC, Ambrose Buyinza, and Benon NabaasaChapter 9. Gender, Politics, and Water in Australia and BangladeshBy Margaret AlstonChapter 10. The Indigenous Climate-Food-Health Nexus: Indigenous Voices, Stories, and Lived Experiences in Canada, Uganda, and PeruBy Sherilee L. Harper, Lea Berrang-Ford, Cesar Carcamo, Ashlee Cunsolo, Victoria L. Edge, James Ford, Alejandro Llanos, Shuaib Lwasa, and Didacus B. NamanyaChapter 11. Moving Forward for Community Inclusion and Policy ChangeBy Lisa Reyes Mason and Jonathan RiggIndex