This edited collection, the result of an international seminar held at the
International Institute for the Sociology of Law, O?ati, Spain in 2010,
explores the potential legal and criminological consequences of climate
change, both domestically and for the international community. A novel
feature of the book is the consideration given to the potential synergies
between the two disciplinary foci, thus to encourage among legal scholars
and criminologists not only an analysis of the consequences of climate
change from these perspectives but to bring these fields together to provide
a unique, inter-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which climate change
does, or could, impact on our societies. Such an inter-disciplinary approach
is necessary given that climate change is a multifaceted phenomenon and
one which is intimately linked across disciplines. To study this topic from
the point of view of a single social science discipline restricts our understanding
of the societal consequences of climate change. It is hoped that this
edited collection will identify emerging areas of concern, illuminate areas
for further research and, most of all, encourage future academic discussion
on this most critical of issues.