Climate change is an urgent environmental and social challenge. Social, political, and economic drivers - and ultimately human behaviour - are all significant contributors to climate change, meaning that the social sciences are crucial to tackling the challenges of the climate crisis.
Oxford’s social sciences researchers are working across a range of disciplines and in collaboration with climate scientists to contribute to global efforts on climate change, including the some of the biggest challenges presented by climate change – and some you may not have thought of. Here you'll find news, expert insights, events and activites, and links to further resources about the ways in which Oxford's social scientists are combatting the climate emergency.
Insights, news, and expert opinion from Oxford's social scientists
Oxford University is engaged in critical research on climate, energy, food, water, waste and biodiversity - looking for causes, answers to and solutions for these pressing global problems.
Tune in to Oxford's COP Conversations series to watch our academics present on a range of themes, from extreme weather patterns to ecosystems, and from why we need to get to Net Zero, to what countries need to agree to this November.
A cross-divisional research community, harnessing Oxford’s diverse strengths to address the challenge of managing climate change in a complex and uncertain world.
Benito Müller, a Professor at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute and a convener for Internal Climate Policy Research for over six years, answers your questions about COP26.
Investigating how climate-related migrants secure access to urban infrastructures and institutions, and the harmonious and strained modes of living with existing communities their arrival generated.
Backed by seven institutions and led by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, this is the largest GGR programme funded by the UK government to date.
Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy
Providing frameworks for both governments and industries to integrate renewable energy sources into the mainstream, in order to help them achieve targets on carbon emissions.
The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, has worked at the forefront of climate, environment and sustainability research since 2008.
Informed by leading climate researchers, this platform brings together principles and policies, practical tools, and progress tracking to help businesses and policymakers achieve our goal of net zero emissions.
Bringing the law to science, and science to the law: helping academics, policymakers, and practitioners around the world to advance sustainability outcomes.
Resilience of the UK Food System in a Global Context
Helping policymakers and practitioners improve the understanding of where the major vulnerabilities of the UK food system lie and how its resilience to environmental, biological, economic, social and geopolitical shocks can be enhanced.
A national centre established to accelerate the adoption and use of climate and environmental data and analytics by financial institutions internationally. It will unlock opportunities for the UK to lead in greening finance and financing green.
