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Geographies of labour in a changing climate
Author(s) -
Parsons Laurie,
Natarajan Nithya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/area.12737
Subject(s) - livelihood , situated , vulnerability (computing) , climate change , work (physics) , factory (object oriented programming) , meaning (existential) , civil servants , sociology , geography , political science , agriculture , psychology , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , ecology , programming language , computer security , archaeology , artificial intelligence , politics , law , psychotherapist , biology
Climate change has profound implications for the geography of work. As the papers in this special section aim to show, changes to the climate – both long and short term – are not experienced directly but through the lens of working life. Those experiencing climate change are not atomistic entities, but connected agents, deeply embedded within global systems: as market traders or factory workers; rural farmers or civil servants. The changing climate does not therefore mean changing weather, but changing terms of work. What was once sufficient for personal and family needs may no longer be so in a new environment, meaning reduced quality of livelihoods, longer working hours, and a greater vulnerability to exploitation by employers. This special section brings together insights from a range of contexts to explore this situated experience of climate change, highlighting how life and work within global production networks combine to determine its experience.