The Global Environment
eBook - ePub

The Global Environment

Institutions, Law, and Policy

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Global Environment

Institutions, Law, and Policy

About this book

The new edition of this award-winning volume reflects the latest events in the in global environmental politics and sustainable development, while providing balanced coverage of the key institutions, environmental issues, treaties, and policies. The book highlights global environmental institutions, major state and non-state actors, and includes a wide range of cases such as climate change, biodiversity, hazardous chemicals, ozone layer depletion, nuclear energy and resource consumption. 

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Yes, you can access The Global Environment by Regina S. Axelrod,Stacy D. VanDeveer in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Environment & Energy Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Selected Acronyms in Global Environmental Policy
  9. Contributors
  10. 1 Governing the Global Environment
  11. Part I International Environmental Actors and Institutions
  12. 2 Architects, Agitators, and Entrepreneurs International and Nongovernmental Organizations in Global Environmental Politics
  13. 3 International Law and the Protection of the Global Environment
  14. 4 International Environmental Regimes and the Success of Global Ozone Policy
  15. 5 Compliance with Global Environmental Policy Climate Change and Ozone Layer Cases
  16. Part II Big Players in Global Environmental Policy Making
  17. 6 Domestic Sources of U.S. Unilateralism
  18. 7 Promoting Environmental Protection in the European Union
  19. 8 How China’s Domestic Energy and Environmental Challenges Shape Its Global Engagement
  20. 9 The View from the South Developing Countries in Global Environmental Politics
  21. Part III Cases, Controversies, and Challenges
  22. 10 International Climate Change Policy Complex Multilevel Governance
  23. 11 Global Politics and Policy on Hazardous Substances
  24. 12 Global Biodiversity Governance Genetic Resources, Species, and Ecosystems
  25. 13 Democracy and the Global Nuclear Renaissance From the Czech Republic to Fukushima
  26. 14 Free Trade and Environmental Protection
  27. 15 Consumption, Commodity Chains, and Global and Local Environments
  28. Index