Global Ecopolitics

Global Ecopolitics offers a compelling expose of the environmental challenges of our time, including known and persistent problems such as air and ocean pollution, climate change, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity, as well as new complex concerns such as invasive alien species, food security, nanotechnology, and energy production. It argues convincingly that effective, permanent, and consensual solutions must be rooted in adaptive governance and effective institutions at all levels and is a must-read for students and policymakers alike.

- Maria Ivanova, University of Massachusetts Boston

In the face of ecological destruction and political polarization, students are dubious: can green diplomacy really work? Telling the stories for pressing issues like biodiversity, climate change, deforestation, and toxic waste trade, the second edition of Global Ecopolitics provides a nuanced answer. By parsing 'effectiveness' into its institutional, environmental, cognitive, and social justice dimensions, this clear and concise book offers tools for students to decide for themselves--and, therefore, approach the world with a greater sense of grounded optimism.

- Karen Litfin, Department of Political Science, University of Washington

This is perhaps the most inspiring book on environmental politics of the last decade. Comprehensive in thematic scope, sophisticated in analysis, and interlaced with distinctly poetic personal reflections, it will captivate students' hearts and intellects.

- Radoslav S. Dimitrov, University of Western Ontario