Politics of the Environment

Dr Chukwumerije Okereke, Associate Professor, was appointed Reader in Environment and Development at The University of Reading in June 2011. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow and Head of Climate and Development Centre at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. He continues to be a visiting fellow of the Smith School and Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute (ECI). He is also a fellow and college adviser at the Green-Templeton College Oxford. Before joining Oxford, Chuks was a Senior Research Associate on the Post-2012 International Climate Policy programme at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, University of East Anglia.  He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Global Environmental Politics, the official journal of the Environmental Studies Section, International Studies Association (ISA). He is also a member of the Executive Committee, Environmental Studies Sections, ISA, a member of UNEP Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) project and a member of the stakeholder advisory forum, Centre for Carbon Measurement and Governance at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). Preiouvs publcations include Global Justice and Neoliberal Environmental Governance: Ethics, Sustainable Development and International Co-operation (2008).

• 1. Introduction Chukwumerije Okereke 2. Globalization: The Environment and Development Debate J. Timmons Roberts 3. The State, International Relations and the Environment Hugh Dyer 4. International Political Economy and the Environment Matthew Paterson 5. International Organizations and the Global Environment Hannes R. Stephan and Fariborz Zelli 6. Environmental Movements Brian Doherty 7. Mass Media and Environmental Politics Maxwell T. Boykoff 8. The Politics of Climate Change Tim Rayner and Chukwumerije Okereke 9. The Ethical Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Chukwumerije Okereke.