Global environmental politics
By: Pamela S. Chasek, David L. Downie, Janet Welsh Brown
Contributors: Downie, David Leonard, author; Brown, Janet Welsh, author
Edition: Seventh edition.
Series: Dilemmas in world politics; Dilemmas in world politics
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780813349794
Subjects: Environmental policy
Description: "For more than twenty years, Global Environmental Politics has provided an up-to-date, accurate, and unbiased introduction to the world's most pressing environmental issues. This new edition continues this tradition while covering critical new developments in the field. Through case studies on key issues such as climate change, toxic chemicals, and biodiversity loss, the authors detail the development of major environmental regimes. With new material on the adoption of global Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; the December 2015 Paris Climate Change conference; and recent meetings of major conventions on desertification, biological diversity, and more; the authors present a comprehensive overview of contemporary international environmental politics. The book's final chapter examines the challenges and opportunities facing the world's environmental policy makers. Global Environmental Politics is vital reading for any student wishing to understand the current state of the field and to make informed decisions about which policies might best safeguard our environment for the future"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1; title: The Emergence of Global Environmental Politics; title: Chapter 2; title: Actors in the Environmental Arena; title: Chapter 3; title: The Development of Environmental Regimes: Stratospheric Ozone, Hazardous Waste, Toxic Chemicals, and Climate Change; title: Chapter 4; title: The Development of Environmental Regimes: Natural Resources, Species, and Habitats; title: Chapter 5; title: Effective Environmental Regimes: Obstacles and Opportunities; title: Chapter 6; title: Environmental Politics and Sustainable Development; title: Chapter 7; title: The Future of Global Environmental Politics.