Climate Psychology: On Indifference to Disaster

This book investigates the psycho-social phenomenon which is society’s failure to respond to climate change. It analyses the non-rational dimensions of our collective paralysis in the face of worsening climate change and environmental destruction, exploring the emotional, ethical, social, organizational and cultural dynamics to blame for this global lack of action.

The book features eleven research projects from four different countries and is divided in two parts, the first highlighting no...