Description
Book SynopsisThis book explains why emerging economies have come to dominate global environmental politics and examines the implications for international cooperation. Johannes Urpelainen argues that although they continue to prioritize economic growth, innovative bargaining and institutional design offer a way forward.
Trade ReviewUrpelainen provides a masterful primer for the challenges of the new global environmental governance. As developing countries get wealthier, their capacity to destroy the environment increases, but compared to advanced industrialized countries they have weaker environmental preferences and less state capacity to address environmental problems. These developments complicate how global challenges like climate change can be addressed. -- Joshua Busby, University of Texas at Austin
Emerging economies are critically important to the future of the planet’s health. Their economic success and growing energy and resource consumption have turned them into pivotal players in international environmental negotiations. Johannes Urpelainen’s excellent new book provides an essential guide to this new reality of environmental diplomacy. -- Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political Science
Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. International Political Economy and Global Environmental Politics
2. Global Environmental Politics in the American Century
3. Global Environmental Politics for a New Century
4. The Evolution of Three Global Environmental Regimes
5. China and India in Global Environmental Politics
6. The Rise of the Rest
Conclusion: Bringing It All Together
Notes
Bibliography
Index
