Edited by Benedicte Bull , Professor of Political Science and Mariel Aguilar-Støen, Professor of Human Geography, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, Norway

• Contents:Preface xi1 Introduction to Handbook on International Development andthe Environment: from limits to growth to a transformation forthe Anthropocene 1Benedicte Bull and Mariel Aguilar-StøenPART I RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT: CRITIQUE ANDDEFENSE OF A CONTESTED IDEA2 The sticky myth of economic growth and the critique of development 26Eduardo Gudynas3 Leaving development behind: the case for degrowth 41Federico Demaria and Erik Gómez-Baggethun4 Dismantling the machine: rethinking the role of technology incritical development theory 57Alf Hornborg5 Development under scrutiny: environment, geopolitics anda reimagination of Latin America 71Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano and Gianfranco Selgas6 A transformative post-developmental state? State institutionsas change-makers in the Anthropocene 83Benedicte Bull7 A Chinese Communist Party perspective on development andthe environment: socialism through environmental development? 100Bjørn Leif BrautesethPART II RETHINKING THE ENVIRONMENT: FROMINFINITE RESOURCE TO FRAGILE SUBJECT8 The river as subject: legal innovations and their consequencefor rights and development 122John A. McNeish9 Oceans: the new economic frontier? 137Mads Barbesgaard10 The Arctic: last frontier for energy and mineral exploitation? 154Ragnhild Freng Dale and Lena Gross11 The international development of food and agriculture: globalfood regimes, environmental change and new configurations of power 170Jostein Jakobsen12 Will development kill us? Globalized livestock production inthe “Pandemic Era” 185Mariel Aguilar-Støen and Jostein JakobsenPART III RECONSIDERING DEVELOPMENT POLICIESAND GOVERNANCE13 Infrastructure, development and the environment ina landscape of spatial reconfigurations across the GlobalSouth: The case of the Belt and Road Initiative 200Fabricio Rodríguez and Julia Gurol14 The new middle classes: consumption, development and sustainability 216Arve Hansen and Ulrikke Wethal15 New energy transitions, old problems: the challenge ofachieving a just electrification with a gendered face 231Kirsten Campbell and Tanja Winther16 The business of sustainability as a governance tool 250Jason Miklian and John KatsosPART IV RECONSIDERING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESAND GOVERNANCE17 The challenges of effective international climate cooperationin an unequal world 267Tora Skodvin18 The sustainability governance of global supply chains:transnational approaches and the neglect of local developmentagendas 281Almut Schilling-Vacaflor19 Ecosystem services in development: frontier of greencolonialism or tool for social justice? 296Nicolena von Hedemann20 Reclaiming state capacity in the politics of energy transitions:the cautionary tale of Venezuela’s predatory transition 313Antulio RosalesIndex 328

Edited by Benedicte Bull , Professor of Political Science and Mariel Aguilar-Støen, Professor of Human Geography, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, Norway

• Contents:Preface xi1 Introduction to Handbook on International Development andthe Environment: from limits to growth to a transformation forthe Anthropocene 1Benedicte Bull and Mariel Aguilar-StøenPART I RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT: CRITIQUE ANDDEFENSE OF A CONTESTED IDEA2 The sticky myth of economic growth and the critique of development 26Eduardo Gudynas3 Leaving development behind: the case for degrowth 41Federico Demaria and Erik Gómez-Baggethun4 Dismantling the machine: rethinking the role of technology incritical development theory 57Alf Hornborg5 Development under scrutiny: environment, geopolitics anda reimagination of Latin America 71Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano and Gianfranco Selgas6 A transformative post-developmental state? State institutionsas change-makers in the Anthropocene 83Benedicte Bull7 A Chinese Communist Party perspective on development andthe environment: socialism through environmental development? 100Bjørn Leif BrautesethPART II RETHINKING THE ENVIRONMENT: FROMINFINITE RESOURCE TO FRAGILE SUBJECT8 The river as subject: legal innovations and their consequencefor rights and development 122John A. McNeish9 Oceans: the new economic frontier? 137Mads Barbesgaard10 The Arctic: last frontier for energy and mineral exploitation? 154Ragnhild Freng Dale and Lena Gross11 The international development of food and agriculture: globalfood regimes, environmental change and new configurations of power 170Jostein Jakobsen12 Will development kill us? Globalized livestock production inthe “Pandemic Era” 185Mariel Aguilar-Støen and Jostein JakobsenPART III RECONSIDERING DEVELOPMENT POLICIESAND GOVERNANCE13 Infrastructure, development and the environment ina landscape of spatial reconfigurations across the GlobalSouth: The case of the Belt and Road Initiative 200Fabricio Rodríguez and Julia Gurol14 The new middle classes: consumption, development and sustainability 216Arve Hansen and Ulrikke Wethal15 New energy transitions, old problems: the challenge ofachieving a just electrification with a gendered face 231Kirsten Campbell and Tanja Winther16 The business of sustainability as a governance tool 250Jason Miklian and John KatsosPART IV RECONSIDERING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESAND GOVERNANCE17 The challenges of effective international climate cooperationin an unequal world 267Tora Skodvin18 The sustainability governance of global supply chains:transnational approaches and the neglect of local developmentagendas 281Almut Schilling-Vacaflor19 Ecosystem services in development: frontier of greencolonialism or tool for social justice? 296Nicolena von Hedemann20 Reclaiming state capacity in the politics of energy transitions:the cautionary tale of Venezuela’s predatory transition 313Antulio RosalesIndex 328

Edited by Benedicte Bull , Professor of Political Science and Mariel Aguilar-Støen, Professor of Human Geography, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, Norway

• Contents:Preface xi1 Introduction to Handbook on International Development andthe Environment: from limits to growth to a transformation forthe Anthropocene 1Benedicte Bull and Mariel Aguilar-StøenPART I RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT: CRITIQUE ANDDEFENSE OF A CONTESTED IDEA2 The sticky myth of economic growth and the critique of development 26Eduardo Gudynas3 Leaving development behind: the case for degrowth 41Federico Demaria and Erik Gómez-Baggethun4 Dismantling the machine: rethinking the role of technology incritical development theory 57Alf Hornborg5 Development under scrutiny: environment, geopolitics anda reimagination of Latin America 71Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano and Gianfranco Selgas6 A transformative post-developmental state? State institutionsas change-makers in the Anthropocene 83Benedicte Bull7 A Chinese Communist Party perspective on development andthe environment: socialism through environmental development? 100Bjørn Leif BrautesethPART II RETHINKING THE ENVIRONMENT: FROMINFINITE RESOURCE TO FRAGILE SUBJECT8 The river as subject: legal innovations and their consequencefor rights and development 122John A. McNeish9 Oceans: the new economic frontier? 137Mads Barbesgaard10 The Arctic: last frontier for energy and mineral exploitation? 154Ragnhild Freng Dale and Lena Gross11 The international development of food and agriculture: globalfood regimes, environmental change and new configurations of power 170Jostein Jakobsen12 Will development kill us? Globalized livestock production inthe “Pandemic Era” 185Mariel Aguilar-Støen and Jostein JakobsenPART III RECONSIDERING DEVELOPMENT POLICIESAND GOVERNANCE13 Infrastructure, development and the environment ina landscape of spatial reconfigurations across the GlobalSouth: The case of the Belt and Road Initiative 200Fabricio Rodríguez and Julia Gurol14 The new middle classes: consumption, development and sustainability 216Arve Hansen and Ulrikke Wethal15 New energy transitions, old problems: the challenge ofachieving a just electrification with a gendered face 231Kirsten Campbell and Tanja Winther16 The business of sustainability as a governance tool 250Jason Miklian and John KatsosPART IV RECONSIDERING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESAND GOVERNANCE17 The challenges of effective international climate cooperationin an unequal world 267Tora Skodvin18 The sustainability governance of global supply chains:transnational approaches and the neglect of local developmentagendas 281Almut Schilling-Vacaflor19 Ecosystem services in development: frontier of greencolonialism or tool for social justice? 296Nicolena von Hedemann20 Reclaiming state capacity in the politics of energy transitions:the cautionary tale of Venezuela’s predatory transition 313Antulio RosalesIndex 328