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Irene Lorenzoni is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and social sciences, with a notable emphasis on sustainability, climate change governance, and related interdisciplinary fields.

The researcher has contributed extensively across several main fields and subfields of study. These include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Social Sciences

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics

Lorenzoni's core topics of work explore aspects related to climate and environmental management. These major topics are:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability

Their recent publications reflect interests in both the scientific and socio-political dimensions of climate action and greenhouse gas removal. Notable papers include:

  • "Mapping feasibilities of greenhouse gas removal: Key issues, gaps and opening up assessments", 2020, Global Environmental Change
  • "Contested framings of greenhouse gas removal and its feasibility: Social and political dimensions", 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "Climate action requires new accounting guidance and governance frameworks to manage carbon in shelf seas", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "The political challenges of deep decarbonisation: towards a more integrated agenda", 2022, Climate Action
  • "Transformations for climate change mitigation: A systematic review of terminology, concepts, and characteristics", 2021, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change

Lorenzoni has published frequently in venues that focus on environmental changes and policy issues, such as:

  • Global Environmental Change
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Climate Policy
  • Nature Communications
  • Climate Action

Their collaborations include regular co-authors in the field, evidencing active engagement in interdisciplinary research networks. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Andrew Jordan
  • Johanna Forster
  • Lucas Geese
  • T.J. Tolhurst
  • John Kenny

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Are there social limits to adaptation to climate change

    W. Neil Adger;Suraje Dessai;Marisa Goulden;Michael Hulme

  • Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications

    Irene Lorenzoni;Sophie Nicholson-Cole;Lorraine Whitmarsh

  • Public Views on Climate Change: European and USA Perspectives

    Irene Lorenzoni;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Social capital, individual responses to heat waves and climate change adaptation: An empirical study of two UK cities

    Johanna Wolf;W. Neil Adger;Irene Lorenzoni;Vanessa Abrahamson

  • Adapting to Climate Change: Thresholds, Values, Governance

    W. N. Adger;I. Lorenzoni;K. L. O'Brien

  • Climate change or nuclear power-No thanks! A quantitative study of public perceptions and risk framing in Britain

    Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Irene Lorenzoni;Wouter Poortinga

  • Reframing nuclear power in the UK energy debate: nuclear power, climate change mitigation and radioactive waste

    Karen Bickerstaff;Irene Lorenzoni;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Wouter Poortinga

  • Cross-national comparisons of image associations with "global warming" and "climate change" among laypeople in the United States of America and Great Britain

    Irene Lorenzoni;Anthony Leiserowitz;Miguel De Franca Doria;Wouter Poortinga

  • Perceptions of heatwave risks to health: interview-based study of older people in London and Norwich, UK.

    Vanessa Abrahamson;Johanna Wolf;Irene Lorenzoni;Bridget Fenn

  • Public awareness, concerns, and priorities about anthropogenic impacts on marine environments

    Stefan Gelcich;Paul Buckley;John K. Pinnegar;Jason D. Chilvers

  • Changing social contracts in climate-change adaptation

    W. Neil Adger;Tara Quinn;Irene Lorenzoni;Conor Murphy

  • Coastal Management for Sustainable Development: Analysing Environmental and Socio-Economic Changes on the UK Coast

    RK Turner;I Lorenzoni;NJ Beaumont;IJ Bateman

  • Dangerous climate change: the role for risk research.

    Irene Lorenzoni;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Robert E. O'Connor

  • Unstable climates: Exploring the statistical and social constructions of ‘normal’ climate

    Mike Hulme;Suraje Dessai;Suraje Dessai;Irene Lorenzoni;Donald R. Nelson;Donald R. Nelson

  • Public perceptions of nuclear power, climate change and energy options in Britain: Summary findings of a survey conducted during Otober and November 2005

    Wouter Poortinga;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Irene Lorenzoni

  • Noisy and definitely not normal: responding to wicked issues in the environment, energy and health

    John Turnpenny;Irene Lorenzoni;Mavis Jones

  • A co-evolutionary approach to climate change impact assessment: part I. integrating socio-economic and climate change scenarios

    Irene Lorenzoni;Andrew Jordan;Mike Hulme;R. Kerry Turner

  • Climate Change or Social Change? Debate within, amongst, and beyond Disciplines:

    Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Saffron O'Neill;Irene Lorenzoni

  • Public engagement with climate change: what do we know and where do we go from here?

    Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Saffron O'Neill;Irene Lorenzoni

  • Adapting to Climate Change

    W. Neil Adger;Irene Lorenzoni;Karen L. O'Brien

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Neil Adger
W. Neil Adger University of Exeter
Lorraine Whitmarsh
Lorraine Whitmarsh University of Bath
Mike Hulme
Mike Hulme University of Cambridge
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon Cardiff University
Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia
Timothy O'Riordan
Timothy O'Riordan University of East Anglia
David Benson
David Benson University of Exeter
Wouter Poortinga
Wouter Poortinga Cardiff University
Karen O'Brien
Karen O'Brien University of Oslo
Gill Seyfang
Gill Seyfang University of East Anglia

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