Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsements -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Concepts and theories -- 1 International relations theory and the environment -- 2 Transnational actors in global environmental politics1 -- 3 Global political economy and development -- 4 Environmental security -- 5 Sustainable consumption -- 6 International environmental and ecological justice -- Part II Case studies -- 7 Climate change -- 8 As China goes, so goes the planet -- 9 The role of technology in the global environment -- 10 The politics of energy and the environment -- 11 Endangered species, biodiversity and the politics of conservation -- 12 The global politics of food system sustainability -- 13 Forest politics, neoliberalism and the limits of international environmental policy -- Conclusion -- Index