ABSTRACT
This handbook brings together leading international academic experts to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of global environmental politics.
Fully revised, updated and expanded to 45 chapters, the book:
- Describes the history of global environmental politics as a discipline and explains the various theories and perspectives used by scholars and students to understand it
- Examines the key actors and institutions in global environmental politics, explaining the roles of states, international organizations, regimes, international law, foreign policy institutions, domestic politics, corporations and transnational actors
- Addresses the ideas and themes shaping the practice and study of global environmental politics, including sustainability, consumption, expertise, uncertainty, security, diplomacy, North-South relations, globalization, justice, ethics, public participation and citizenship
- Assesses the key issues and policies within global environmental politics, including energy, climate change, ozone depletion, air pollution, acid rain, transport, persistent organic pollutants, hazardous wastes, rivers, wetlands, oceans, fisheries, marine mammals, biodiversity, migratory species, natural heritage, forests, desertification, food and agriculture
This second edition includes new chapters on plastics, climate change, energy, earth system governance and the Anthropocene. It is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, researchers and practitioners of environmental politics, environmental studies, environmental science, geography, globalization, international relations and political science.
Chapter 19 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|15 pages
Introduction
part II|71 pages
Explaining and understanding global environmental politics
part III|111 pages
Actors and institutions in global environmental politics
chapter 9|14 pages
International environmental regimes
chapter 14|13 pages
Transnational actors
part IV|201 pages
Ideas and themes in global environmental politics
chapter 20|14 pages
Environmental security
chapter 29|13 pages
Environmental citizenship
part V|203 pages
Key issues and policies in global environmental politics
chapter 31|14 pages
Stratospheric ozone depletion
chapter 35|14 pages
Persistent organic pollutants
chapter 39|13 pages
Pollution and management of oceans and seas
part VI|11 pages
Conclusion