Part I: Introduction 1. Global environmental politics: charting the domain Part II: Explaining and understanding global environmental politics 2. The discipline of global environmental politics: a short history 3. Mainstream theories: realism, rationalism and revolutionism 4. Alternative theories: constructivism, Marxism, critical theory and feminism 5. The study of global environmental politics: strategies for research and learning 6. Advanced scholarship: interdisciplinary research at the science-policy interface Part III: Actors and institutions in global environmental politics 7. States: nations, sovereignty and the international system 8. International organizations: global and regional environmental cooperation 9. International environmental regimes: formation, effectiveness, trends and challenges 10. International environmental law: sources, principles and innovations 11. Environmental foreign policy: crossovers among levels of governance 12. Comparative environmental politics: contributions from an emerging field 13. Corporations: business and industrial influence 14. Transnational actors: Nongovernmental organizations, civil society and individuals Part IV: Ideas and themes in global environmental politics 15. The Anthropocene: rethinking humanity's role in the earth system 16. Sustainability: from ideas to action in international relations 17. Consumption: institutions and actors 18. Expertise: specialized knowledge in environmental politics and sustainability 19. Uncertainty: risk, technology and the future 20. Environmental security: international scope, national regimes and the human dimension 21. Earth system governance: world politics in the post-environmental age 22. Environmental diplomacy: international conferences and negotiations 23. North-South relations: colonialism, empire and international order 24. Globalization and the environment: economic changes and challenges 25. International justice: rights and obligations of states 26. Environmental justice: pollution, poverty and marginalized communities 27. Environmental ethics: philosophy, ecology and other species 28. Participation: public opinion and environmental action 29. Environmental citizenship: de-politicizing or re-politicizing environmental politics? Part V: Key issues and policies in global environmental politics 30. Air pollution and acid rain: early action and slowing progress 31. Stratospheric ozone depletion: elements of success in global environmental politics 32. Climate change: international diplomacy and governance from top to bottom 33. Energy: political-economic strategies 34. Transport and infrastructure: toward sustainable mobility 35. Persistent organic pollutants: managing threats to human health and the environment 36. Hazardous waste: fragmented governance and aspirations for environmental justice 37. Plastics: from resources to waste and back again 38. Water, rivers and wetlands: governance paradigms and principles 39. Pollution and management of oceans and seas: challenges in an unresponsive international system 40. Fisheries and marine mammals: the complexities of collective management 41. Biodiversity, migratory species and natural heritage: global challenges ahead 42. Forests: the political ecology of international environmental governance 43. Desertification: competing knowledge claims and land-management agendas 44. Food and agriculture: global dynamics and environmental consequences Part VI: Conclusion 45. The promises of global environmental politics: prospects for study and practice