The Social and Psychological Foundations of Climate Change

 "The debate over climate change has come largely from the physical sciences in defining the problem, and from one narrow branch of social science—neoclassical economics—in generating solutions. While this focus helps to define and address issues related to what is at stake and what to do about it, a greater and more varied voice from the social sciences (e.g., sociology, psychology, anthropology, political science) is needed to address issues related to how the problem is viewed by the public..."
http://www.donellameadows.org/the-social-and-psychological-foundations-of-climate-change/

BTW: this originally appeared on an interesting/useful site: http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/1130