Edward B. Barbier is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics and Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University. He has consulted for a variety of national, international and non-governmental agencies on environmental policy, including many UN organizations, the World Bank and the OECD. He is the author of over 25 books, including A Global Green New Deal (Cambridge 2010), Capitalizing on Nature (Cambridge 2011) and Natural Resources and Economic Development (Cambridge, Second Edition, 2019).

• Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Humankind and the planet; 3. Economics for a fragile planet; 4. Climate change; 5. Land use change and biodiversity; 6. Freshwater; 7. Oceans and coasts; 8. Public policies; 9. Business; 10. Conclusion.

'This is the most thorough and expansive introduction to a conception that sees the human economy as embedded in Nature. Beautifully written and technically adroit, it displays the author's wide social sympathies. University courses in environmental and resource economics can find no superior text today to include on their list.' Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge