SO46CH06_Klinenberg ARjats.cls February 22, 2020 8:55 Annual Review of Sociology Sociology and the Climate Crisis Eric Klinenberg, 1 Malcolm Araos, 1 and Liz Koslov 2 1 Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA; email: eric.klinenberg@nyu.edu 2 Department of Urban Planning and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2020. 46:6.1–6.21 The Annual Review of Sociology is online at soc.annualreviews.org https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-121919- 054750 Copyright © 2020 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved Keywords climate change, community, disasters, migration, consumption, urban, infrastructure, adaptation Abstract What would it mean for sociology to make climate change a core disciplinary concern? This article reviews research on a selection of trends brought on by the climate crisis: (a) compounding and cumulative disasters, infrastructure breakdown, and adaptation; (b) intensifying migration and shifting patterns of settlement; and (c) transformations in consumption, labor, and energy. While climate change’s far-reaching implications remain peripheral to the discipline at large, sociologists studying these trends increasingly understand the crisis as a central problem for the study of social life. We show how so- ciologists can shed light on core problems emerging from and contributing to the crisis, and also reveal the conditions that make necessary social and cultural transformations more likely. Throughout, we illuminate how sociol- ogy can help chart a path out of the climate crisis by identifying alternatives to the high-carbon, low-equity social structures that organize the modern world. Finally, we identify possibilities for scholars who do not see them- selves as “environmental sociologists” to contribute meaningful research on the climate crisis, and we encourage them to do so while we can make a difference. 6.1 , .• ·�- Review in Advance first posted on March 2, 2020. (Changes may still occur before final publication.) Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2020.46. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org Access provided by 3.236.55.199 on 06/25/20. For personal use only.