The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of global policy on climate and the environment. It combines the strengths of an interdisciplinary team of experts from around the world to explore current debates and the latest thinking in the search for global environmental solutions.

Explores the environmental challenges we currently face, and the concepts and approaches to solving theseQuestions the role of global actors, institutions and processes, and considers the links between global climate and environment policy, and that of the global economyHighlights the connections between social science research and global policyBrings together authoritative coverage of recent research by internationally-renowned experts from around the world, including from North America, Europe, and AsiaProvides an essential resource guide for students and researchers from across a wide range of related disciplines from politics and international relations, to environmental sciences and sociology and for global policy practitioners

Robert Falkner is Associate Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He holds degrees in politics and economics from Munich University and a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University. He taught at Oxford, Kent and Essex universities before joining LSE and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University. He is an associate of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE and of the Energy, Environment and Development Programme at Chatham House. Falkner has published widely on global environmental politics, includingBusiness Power and Conflict in International Environmental Politics (2008).

Notes on Contributors viii

Preface xiii

Part I Global Policy Challenges 1

1 Global Climate Change 3Matthew J. Hoffmann

2 Global Water Governance 19Joyeeta Gupta

3 Biodiversity and Conservation 37Stuart Harrop

4 Marine Environment Protection 53Markus Salomon

5 Deforestation 72David Humphreys

6 Biotechnology and Biosafety 89Aarti Gupta

7 Global Chemicals Politics and Policy 107Henrik Selin

Part II Concepts and Approaches 125

8 Global Environmental Norms 127Steven Bernstein

9 Global Governance 146Johannes Stripple and Hannes Stephan

10 Global Environmental Security 163Simon Dalby

11 International Environmental Law 179Daniel Bodansky

12 Green Growth 197Michael Jacobs

13 Sustainable Consumption 215Doris Fuchs

14 Climate Change Justice 231Edward Page

Part III Global Actors, Institutions, and Processes 249

15 The Nation-State, International Society, and the Global Environment 251Robert Falkner

16 Transnational Environmental Activism 268Susan Park

17 Business as a Global Actor 286Jennifer Clapp and Jonas Meckling

18 International Regime Effectiveness 304Steinar Andresen

19 Strengthening the United Nations 320Steffen Bauer

20 International Negotiations 339Radoslav S. Dimitrov

21 Regionalism and Environmental Governance 358Miranda Schreurs

Part IV Global Economy and Policy 375

22 Globalization 377Peter Newell

23 Private Regulation in Global Environmental Governance 394Graeme Auld and Lars H. Gulbrandsen

24 International Trade, the Environment, and Climate Change 412Nico Jaspers and Robert Falkner

25 Global Finance and the Environment 428Christopher Wright

26 Energy Policy and Climate Change 446Benjamin K. Sovacool

27 Economic Instruments for Climate Change 468Jonas Meckling and Cameron Hepburn

28 International Aid and Adaptation to Climate Change 486Jessica M. Ayers and Achala Chandani Abeysinghe

Index 507