
The World's Search for Sustainable Development
A Perspective from the Global South
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About this book
This text traces the evolution of sustainable development and climate change from the time it emerged in international consultations and agreements. The three sections of the book, focusing on the framework, climate change and sustainable development, seek to cover the essentials of the politics of natural resource usage at the global level. The book explores the evolution of sustainable development and climate change within the framework of the United Nations, and the way the concept has been defined through intergovernmental meetings, agreements and consensus within the multilateral system. It also explores the best ways of reducing the risk to the planet while enabling societies to pursue sustainable development paths. The challenges call for a transformation of social systems to facilitate a broadly acceptable change. The book also explores the adoption of low-carbon models different from the high-carbon socio-technical systems and related social practices.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- The World’s Search for Sustainable Development
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- CONSUMPTION IN AN UNEQUAL WORLD: FRAMING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- CLIMATE POLICY: GLOBAL TO NATIONAL
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: NATIONAL TO GLOBAL
- CONSUMPTION IN A MORE EQUAL WORLD: SHAPING SOCIETAL FUNCTIONS
- GEOPOLITICS TO GEOECONOMICS: RURAL–URBAN DIVIDE, RATHER THAN BETWEEN COUNTRIES
- THE ASIAN CENTURY
- Index