Robert Falkner is Reader in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He holds degrees in politics and economics from Munich University and a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University. He taught at Oxford, Kent and Essex universities before joining LSE and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University. He is an associate of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE and of the Energy, Environment and Development Programme at Chatham House. Falkner has published widely on global environmental politics, including Business Power and Conflict in International Environmental Politics (2008).

• Notes on Contributors viiiPreface xiiiPart I Global Policy Challenges 11 Global Climate Change 3Matthew J. Hoffmann2 Global Water Governance 19Joyeeta Gupta3 Biodiversity and Conservation 37Stuart Harrop4 Marine Environment Protection 53Markus Salomon5 Deforestation 72David Humphreys6 Biotechnology and Biosafety 89Aarti Gupta7 Global Chemicals Politics and Policy 107Henrik SelinPart II Concepts and Approaches 1258 Global Environmental Norms 127Steven Bernstein9 Global Governance 146Johannes Stripple and Hannes Stephan10 Global Environmental Security 163Simon Dalby11 International Environmental Law 179Daniel Bodansky12 Green Growth 197Michael Jacobs13 Sustainable Consumption 215Doris Fuchs14 Climate Change Justice 231Edward PagePart III Global Actors, Institutions, and Processes 24915 The Nation-State, International Society, and the Global Environment 251Robert Falkner16 Transnational Environmental Activism 268Susan Park17 Business as a Global Actor 286Jennifer Clapp and Jonas Meckling18 International Regime Effectiveness 304Steinar Andresen19 Strengthening the United Nations 320Steffen Bauer20 International Negotiations 339Radoslav S. Dimitrov21 Regionalism and Environmental Governance 358Miranda SchreursPart IV Global Economy and Policy 37522 Globalization 377Peter Newell23 Private Regulation in Global Environmental Governance 394Graeme Auld and Lars H. Gulbrandsen24 International Trade, the Environment, and Climate Change 412Nico Jaspers and Robert Falkner25 Global Finance and the Environment 428Christopher Wright26 Energy Policy and Climate Change 446Benjamin K. Sovacool27 Economic Instruments for Climate Change 468Jonas Meckling and Cameron Hepburn28 International Aid and Adaptation to Climate Change 486Jessica M. Ayers and Achala Chandani AbeysingheIndex 507

“Falkner has successfully brought together top scholars from several disciplines in a single, important book that will interest policy makers and students for years to come.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  All readership levels.”  (Choice, 1 January 2014)