Social Sciences

Without a concerted effort to direct investment towards green industries, the climate emergency will continue to loom larger every year. If governments around the world do not heed this wake-up call, the emissions gap is certain to continue growing and em

UNEP emissions gap report: Damning findings on G20 ambition and post-Covid green finance

A huge poll of nearly 700,000 people, the G20 Peoples’ Climate Vote, shows public demand for climate action

G20 Peoples’ Climate Vote: Large majority back action

And in the same way that governments make new five-yearly climate targets under the Paris Agreement, financial institutions (as well as companies and other non-state actors) should be asked to do the same

Net-zero transition planning should be mandatory across the economy

Although animals produce emissions, they are an important part of our agriculture eco-systems and provide important nutrients.' But we need to reduce the global demand for meat, so countries that currently eat a lot of meat need to cut down. That would

How can we eat without cooking the planet?

We hear a lot from the managers and owners but little from care workers themselves who are a relatively hidden population. We actually know very little about the conditions of care workers and what it is like from their perspective

Calling care home workers: New study calls for carers’ opinions on conditions

Over the next 15 years we need $93 trillion dollars to be flowing into low carbon technologies....The financial sector says this is the biggest investment opportunity in history

Can finance help the climate?

The eight new Fellows come from across the Social Sciences division and include economics experts as well as researchers in Law, International Development, the Schools of Geography and the Department of Social Policy

Eight Oxford academics named new Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

We have all seen images of distressed animals and devastated regions affected by flooding, fire and rising temperatures, says Professor Malhi. They show real decline in ecosystems around the world...even the Arctic tundra. Credit: Shutterstock.

The natural world is critical to climate - Professor Yadvinder Malhi

he trend to heavy sports utility vehicles needs to be reversed, while we need to use public transport more and do more 'active' travel

Is the future of Transport Electric?

• Two-thirds of multidimensionally poor households have no females who have completed primary education

Women in many poor households excluded from education– report

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