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• Cover
• Half-title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Introduction
• References
• I Concepts and theories
• 1 International relations theory and the environment
• Classical IR theory
• The study of inter-state cooperation and regimes
• The critique of regime analysis
• Global governance
• Radical ecopolitics
• The return to security
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• 2 Transnational actors in global environmental politics
• Introduction
• Locating transnational actors in international relations
• From international regimes to global governance
• The space of global civil society
• Transnational actors in global environmental politics
• Transnational environmental movements and NGOs
• TNCs and business advocacy groups
• The greening of business or greenwash?
• The privatization of global environmental governance
• Conclusions
• Note
• Recommended reading
• References
• 3 Global political economy and development
• Introduction
• Theoretical and conceptual perspectives
• Environmental economics
• International political economy and development studies
• Global environmental governance and earth system governance
• Political ecology
• Major themes
• Is sustainable development possible?
• Limits to growth
• Kuznets-Curve
• Weak and strong sustainability
• Green growth vs. degrowth
• Neo-extractivism and Buen Vivir
• Who are the relevant actors?
• Conclusions and outlook
• Recommended reading
• Websites
• References
• 4 Environmental security
• Traditional security thinking
• The emergence of environmental security
• Environmental conflict and its critics
• Deepening environmental security
• Security as a social construct
• Climate security and the British government
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Recommended reading
• Online resources
• References
• 5 Sustainable consumption
• Introduction
• What is consumption and why study it?
• Concepts of sustainable consumption
• Global sustainable consumption governance
• Actors in global sustainable consumption governance
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• OECD
• The European Union
• National governments
• Civil society
• Business
• The current state of affairs
• Barriers to change
• Sources of hope: what is the purpose of consumption?
• Policy implications
• Other research developments
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Recommended reading
• References
• 6 International environmental and ecological justice
• Historical overview of international environmental justice
• The literature on international environmental justice
• Status quo environmental justice
• Reformist environmental justice
• Transformational environmental justice
• Ecological justice
• Conclusion
• Recommended reading
• References
• II Case studies
• 7 Climate change
• Climate change science: environment and politics
• Environmental pollution and its consequences
• Politicization of climate science
• International cooperation: negotiations, agreements and policies
• The framework: the climate change convention
• Top-down: negotiating the Kyoto Protocol
• Bottom-up: the Paris Agreement
• Global politics of climate change: selected key themes
• Consumption
• Transnational actors
• Environmental security and justice
• Conclusion
• Note
• Additional reading
• Useful websites
• References
• 8 As China goes, so goes the planet
• Air and water: international environmental impacts
• China on the world stage: environmental leadership
• The resources quest: biodiversity
• The resources quest: minerals and other raw materials
• Development finance: green governance?
• Shifting strategies and tactics of Chinese ENGOs in uncertain times
• Conclusion
• Internet resources
• Further reading
• References
• 9 The role of technology in the global environment
• Situating technology in sustainable development
• Acid rain to climate change: evolution in science and technology
• Building long-term sustainable policies for climate change technology
• Technology for environment: a double-edged sword?
• The ambiguity in technology for environment
• Difficulty in developing clean technologies
• The role of policies for sustainable technology
• Static views, static results
• Global institutions and technology development for the environment
• Policy-induced environmental technologies
• North vs. South environmental technology development
• Domestic to international and vice versa
• Global renewable energy development is happening
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• Bibliography
• 10 The politics of energy and the environment
• Dealing with a triple challenge: geopolitical dimension
• Environmental dimension
• Energy poverty dimension
• Reliance on fossil fuels and the late emergence of the energy–climate nexus
• Reading the evolution of energy politics through security lenses
• Global energy governance: actors, organizations and their evolution
• Conclusions
• Notes
• Recommended reading
• Websites
• References
• 11 Endangered species, biodiversity and the politics of conservation
• From species extinction to biodiversity loss and the emergence of a new policy field
• The rise in interest in “biodiversity” as a scientific object and a global resource
• Data and evidence on species extinction
• Biodiversity conservation and economic development
• Defining “biodiversity”
• Global biodiversity politics and the politics of conservation
• The seven biodiversity-related conventions
• Other actors and overlapping issues
• The case of the CBD
• The politics of conservation in the 21st century: patterns and trends
• From the global biodiversity assessment to the “IPCC for biodiversity”
• Between ecosystem services and Mother Earth: diverse knowledge forms
• Biodiversity big data and the emergence of “essential biodiversity variables”
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Recommended reading
• Internet resources
• References
• 12 The global politics of food system sustainability
• Introduction
• A brief history of the evolution of contemporary food systems
• Twenty-first century approaches to achieving food system sustainability
• Critical issues in building sustainable agrifood systems
• Climate change and food security: agroecology vs. climate-smart agriculture
• Seeds: GMOs and the movement for seed sovereignty
• Looking to the future
• Notes
• Further reading
• Recommended websites
• References
• 13 Forest politics, neoliberalism and the limits of international environmental policy
• Introduction
• Forests as public goods
• An unconventional approach to international forest politics
• Neoliberalism and the fragmentation of international forest policy
• Forest certification and labelling
• International measures to curb illegal logging
• Knowledge patenting and benefit sharing
• Valuing the carbon sink function of forests
• Conclusion
• References
• Conclusion
• Index