ABSTRACT
This Chapter seeks to explore some of the wider criminological ramifications of climate change for the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe. In thinking about the relationship between climate change and crime, there are two routes into the debate. One is to try to calculate the carbon footprint of crime and the other is to try to imagine what climate change will do to the experiences of crime. The chapter assesses what might happen in terms of climate change itself during the remainder of twenty-first century. It reviews some of what might happen generally to societies and economic systems as a result of climate change. The chapter considers how the social and economic changes will in turn impact on crime. The changes likely to be wrought by climate change may be peoples' outlook on the future. It is human nature to want to see improvements in living conditions and lifestyles, both over one's own lifespan and for future generations.
