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List of acronyms and abbreviations |
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Introduction |
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0.1 Key issues in global environmental politics |
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0.2 The emergence of global environmental action |
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0.3 Global environmental politics as a field of study |
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Annex 0.1 Key multilateral environmental agreements |
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PART 1 Defining global environmental issues |
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1 Interconnections between science and politics |
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1.1 Cooperation under scientific uncertainty |
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1.2 Experts as political actors |
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1.3 The co-production of science and politics |
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1.4 The interface of science and politics |
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43 | (5) |
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2 Ideas about environmental protection |
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2.1 Are there universal environmental values? |
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2.2 Does the environment have an intrinsic value? |
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2.3 Does human intervention cause more harm than good? |
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2.4 Does economic growth help or harm environmental protection? |
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2.5 Intragenerational versus intergenerational equity |
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PART 2 Actors and interests |
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3.1 Domestic sources of state preferences |
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3.2 International sources of state preferences |
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4.1 NGOs in global environmental governance |
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4.2 Business engagement in global environmental governance |
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132 | (5) |
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4.3 Non-state actor influence |
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137 | (8) |
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4.4 Transnational governance |
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145 | (8) |
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Part 3 Bargaining over the environment |
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5 The tragedy of the commons and sovereign rights |
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5.1 The tragedy of the commons |
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5.2 The common heritage of humankind |
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5.3 Sovereignty over natural resources |
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6 Development and the environment: From the Stockholm Summit to the Sustainable Development Goals |
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6.1 Three views on environment and development |
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6.2 Stockholm, 1972: an initial compromise between systemic and structural views |
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6.3 The Brundtland Report, 1987: the birth of sustainable development |
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6.4 Rio, 1992: the rise of the liberal view |
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6.5 Johannesburg, 2002: dilution of the systemic view |
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6.6 Rio+20,2012: towards a new equilibrium? |
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PART 4 Institutions and policies |
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7 International institutions |
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7.1 The birth of environmental concerns in international institutions |
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7.2 The autonomy of international institutions |
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7.3 Interactions between international institutions |
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241 | (7) |
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7.4 Designing global environmental governance |
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248 | (4) |
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8 Policy instruments and effectiveness |
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8.1 The effectiveness of global environmental politics |
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8.2 Types of policy instruments |
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8.3 The diffusion of instruments |
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8.4 What are the political effects of instruments? |
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PART 5 Cross-cutting issues |
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9 Natural resources, security, and conflicts |
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9.1 The ambiguous concept of environmental security |
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294 | (3) |
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9.2 Environmental degradation as a trigger for armed conflict |
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297 | (8) |
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9.3 Human and environmental security |
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9.4 Environmental impact of security policies |
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307 | (4) |
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10 Trade and the environment |
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10.1 Is trade good or bad for the environment? |
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319 | (9) |
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10.2 Trade dimensions of environmental regimes |
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328 | (7) |
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10.3 Environmental dimensions of the global trade regime |
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Appendix: Databases and useful websites |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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