Green planet blues : environmental politics from Stockholm to Rio

Annotated with introductions and explanations of key environmental concepts, problems and prospects, this is a collection of pieces on the theme of global environmental politics from a diversity of viewpoints. The contributors highlight important political developments as well as environmental challenges within a rapidly changing international system. The paradigms of sustainable development, environmental security and ecological justice are used to explain topics ranging from climate change, population growth, deforestation, the ozone layer, acid rain and toxic dumping, to trans-boundary pollution and the global commons.