This presentation was given as part of the webinar ‘The IPCC’s 1.5C Report: critical opportunities for social science to shape the future’, which took place on October 31 2016. Ioan Fazey, Frank Geels, Bronwyn Hayward, Susi Moser, Petra Tschakert and other experts from the sustainability science community took part in a discussion on opportunities for social science in the forthcoming Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the impacts of global warming 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways. You can watch a recording of the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-d33yYpAZw The seminar was organized by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) through the Transformations to Sustainability programme. Each speaker is responsible for the photos and ideas contained in his/her PowerPoint, which are not necessarily those of the ISSC or the Transformations to Sustainability programme`s funders.