The author explores the fraught politics of energy transitions in an age of climate change. She does so through an ecological modernisation and corporate social responsibility lens which she contends shapes and underpins sustainability today. Case studies cover climate policy, unconventional gas and renewable energy.

Giorel Curran is Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and International Relations and the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia. Her research focuses on environmental politics, climate policy, global political movements, green political theory and global political economy. She has published widely in all these areas. Some of her recent books include 21st Century Dissent: Anarchism, Anti-Globalisation and Environmentalism (2006); and the co-edited collections Business and the Politics of Globalisation: After the GFC (2010), and Government and Business in Volatile Times (2013).

IntroductionPART I: THEORISING CONTEMPORARY SUSTAINABILITY1. Sustainability Today: From Fringe to Mainstream2. Ecological Modernisation: Promises and Prospects3. Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Stepping Up?PART II: PRACTISING CONTEMPORARY SUSTAINABILITY4. The Politics of Climate Change: Fight and Flight5. Unconventional Gas and Social Licence: Locking the Gate?6. Renewable Energy Transitions: Powering the FutureConclusion