ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book brings together international scholars and multidisciplinary perspectives to offer state-of-the-art reviews charting the history and development of environmental communication scholarship, and examining core concepts, theories, and research in the study of environment and communication. It traces the emergence and growth of the trans-disciplinary field of environmental communication. The book then charts the contribution to environmental communication from six central disciplines in the social sciences: economics, history, human geography, political science, sociology, and psychology. It also examines the role of elite policy-planning groups, think tanks, and other lobbying organisations in public campaigning and delaying of action on climate change. The book offers a unique combination of theory-based scholarly insight and experience of campaigning and public/stakeholder engagement on environmental issues.
