Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

Preface

pp xi-xiv

Acknowledgments

pp xv-xvi

Abbreviations

pp xvii-xviii

INTRODUCTION

pp 1-2

1 - Social Dimension of Sustainability

pp 3-10

CONSUMPTION IN AN UNEQUAL WORLD: FRAMING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

pp 11-12

2 - Geopolitics of the Global Environment

pp 13-33

3 - Natural Science – Policy – Institutions Interface

pp 34-71

4 - Focus on Developing Countries

pp 72-93

5 - Limitations of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

pp 94-110

CLIMATE POLICY: GLOBAL TO NATIONAL

pp 111-112

6 - Political Origins of Climate Policy

pp 113-123

7 - Questions on the Framework

pp 124-130

8 - Burden Shifting Rather than Burden Sharing

pp 131-139

9 - Development of a Shared Vision

pp 140-146

10 - The Middle Class and Global Ecological Limits

pp 147-153

11 - The New Climate Regime

pp 154-166

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: NATIONAL TO GLOBAL

pp 167-168

12 - Conceptual and Institutional Foundation

pp 169-178

13 - Politics within the United Nations

pp 179-193

14 - Limitations of the Building Blocks of Sustainability

pp 194-199

15 - Use of Natural Resources

pp 200-210

16 - Distribution of Natural Resources

pp 211-216

CONSUMPTION IN A MORE EQUAL WORLD: SHAPING SOCIETAL FUNCTIONS

pp 217-218

17 - Geoeconomics of Human Well-being

pp 219-222

18 - Social Science – Policy – Society Interface

pp 223-228

19 - Reframing the ‘Common Concern’ From a Physical to a Social Problem

pp 229-234