This paper asks whether the policies and programmes enacted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the UK will compete with other goals of public policy, in particular social policy goals. The Climate Change Act 2008 has set the UK some of the most demanding targets in the world: to reduce GHG...

We construct measures of firms' beliefs about climate regulation, plans for future abatement, and current actions on emissions mitigation, using Carbon Disclosure Project data. These measures vary significantly around the Paris climate change agreement announcement. A dynamic model of a...

The article makes an interdisciplinary contribution across environmental research and sociology. By bringing contemporary class theory to ecological analysis of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, we provide a new framework to discuss the social underpinnings of climate change. Engaging with the...