@inbook{713d1f2b8a90410593adb04fe94e1819,
title = "Climate justice, social policy and the transition to net zero in the UK",
abstract = "Climate change is both global in scope and unprecedented in scale and has been described by the UN as {\textquoteleft}the defining issue of our time{\textquoteright}. There has been scientific consensus that human activity is causing climate change for some time, with the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirming that it is {\textquoteleft}unequivocal{\textquoteright} that human activity has warmed the atmosphere, land and oceans. There is also substantial evidence surrounding the impacts of climate change, with evidence of it already {\textquoteleft}disrupting national economies and affecting lives{\textquoteright}. Climate change threatens food, water and energy security and poses acute risks to lives and livelihoods through extreme weather events, especially heatwaves, droughts, cyclones and sea level rise.",
keywords = "climate justice, COP 26, net zero",
author = "{The Climate Justice and Social Policy Group (CUSP)} and Carolyn Snell and Matthew Scott and Kirsten Jenkins and Kelli Kennedy and Harriet Thomson and Komali Yenneti and Helen Stockton and Ian Gough",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
day = "27",
doi = "10.51952/9781447365815.ch001",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781447365792",
series = "Social Policy Review",
publisher = "Policy Press",
pages = "5--23",
editor = "Andy Jolly and Ruggero Cefalo and Marco Pomati",
booktitle = "Social Policy Review 34",
}
