The Environment and International Relations

Preface; 1. Introduction: the environment and international relations; 2. International environmental problems; 3. Actors in international environmental politics; 4. State-led global environmental governance: international cooperation and regime formation; 5. The impacts and effectiveness of environmental treaty regimes; 6. Global economic governance and the environment; 7. Non-state global environmental governance; 8. Conclusions: the environment and international relations in the twenty-first century.

Kate O'Neill is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of Waste Trading among Rich Nations: Building a New Theory of Environmental Regulation (2000), which won the 2002 Lynton Caldwell Prize for the Best Book in Environmental Politics, and is an Associate Editor of the journal Global Environmental Politics.

'An extraordinarily important book presenting, in one place, a comprehensive review of the key themes and controversies governing the environment and international relations ... must reading for students, scholars, practitioners, and anyone who cares about the future of our planet.' Ben Cashore, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University 'The Environment and International Relations provides a clear, intellectually coherent introduction to one of the key issues of our times. This will be a very useful text for undergraduate students and those who want to understand the political complexities of environmental challenges.' Lorraine Elliott, Australian National University 'How can we grasp the unprecedented challenges posed by environmental issues to the world as we know it? Kate O'Neill steers us with a firm hand through such questions, providing a series of robust analytical frameworks that bring clarity to a subject-matter so complex it can sometimes seem intractable. This is a precious guide for students, policy-makers, and anyone interested in either the environment or international relations.' Charlotte Epstein, The University of Sydney 'O'Neill provides a thorough and easily accessible tour d'horizon of global environmental politics. She provides theoretical, historical and critical insights into how well the international community is coping with problems of global and transboundary environmental threats, and the prospects for a broader shift to a more sustainable future. If readers don't come away far better informed and concerned about global environmental threats they simply weren't paying attention.' Peter M. Haas, University of Massachusetts 'Comprehensive, authoritative and accessible, with this book Kate O'Neill deftly manages to guide the reader, whether new to the area or not, through the dense maze of literature on the environment and International Relations. It deserves to be widely read.' Professor Peter Newell, Environmental