Global Environmental Politics

By Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, David L. Downie

Book Overview

Global Environmental Politics has provided an accurate, up-to-date, and unbiased understanding of the world's most pressing environmental issues for more than thirty years. This ninth edition continues this practice by covering critical new developments in global environmental politics and policymaking.

Updated case studies on key issues such as climate change, endangered species, ozone depletion, land degradation and desertification, marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, whaling, hazardous wastes, toxic chemicals, mercury, and biodiversity detail the ongoing development of major environmental treaty regimes, and a new case study on plastic pollution showcases the challenges of creating new treaties during a period of significant global change. There is also new material on the challenges to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the World Trade Organization's agreement on fisheries subsidies, and the use of the International Court of Justice to improve compliance with environmental agreements. Updated information about global environmental trends, paradigms, and actors completes this comprehensive introduction to contemporary international environmental politics.

Global Environmental Politics is vital reading for students of environmental politics and anyone wishing to understand the current state of the field and to make informed decisions about which policies will best safeguard our environment for the future.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032743204
• ISBN13: 9781032743202
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

I have read them all and this is the best

Recently, I needed to learn a great deal about global environmental issues and global environmental politics in a short period of time. My assistant went and bought more than two dozen books - edited volumes, easy readers, detailed analyses, text books, etc. I surveyed them all and read most cover to cover. This is by far the best. It gave me the essential information in a very readable and well organized format. It was did not lecture but informed. I saw many far longer or more focused volumes but this one covered all the bases and was a pleasure to read. It is a little strange to recommend this type of book around the office but when people ask me, this is the one I point to.

Impressive

This is a truely impressive discussion of global environmental issues. I think it would be valuable for experts and new readers alike. This is a very up to date 2006 edition.

Great New Edition

The 2006 edition of this book is excellent. It is entirely new, clear, concise and informative. It has a new author and is so much better that the previous editions it should have a new title.