Faced with worsening environmental indicators, cooperation hurdles, and the limited effectiveness of current institutions, reforming international environmental governance has proven elusive, despite various diplomatic initiatives at the UN level over the last two decades. Overcoming the current dead-end, however, may rest less in devising new arrangements than in challenging how the problem has been approached.

Presenting a multi-facetted exploration of some of the key issues and questions in global ecopolitics, this book brings together recent advances in research on global...

Faced with worsening environmental indicators, cooperation hurdles, and the limited effectiveness of current institutions, reforming international environmental governance has proven elusive, despite various diplomatic initiatives at the United Nations level over the last two decades. Overcoming the current dead end, however, may rest less in devising new arrangements than in challenging how the problem has been approached.

Presenting a multifaceted exploration of some of the key issues and questions in global ecopolitics, this book brings together recent advances in research on...