Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: The Challenge for Johannesburg: Creating a More Secure World
The Toll on Nature
Caring for People
Pioneering a New Economic Model
Looking Ahead
Chapter 2: Moving the Climate Change Agenda Forward
Science Evolving
New Views on Technology and Economics
Climate Policy: Theory and Practice
The Business of Climate Change
The Political Weather Vane
Chapter 3: Farming in the Public Interest
The Rise of Dysfunctional Farming
Hunger Amidst Plenty
The Nature of Farming
Why Care About Rural Areas?
Ethical Eating
Chapter 4: Reducing Our Toxic Burden
The Chemical Economy
Old Metals, New Threats: Lead and Mercury
The Changing International Field
Environmental Democracy and Markets
Technological Changes and Opportunities
Moving Forward
Chapter 5: Redirecting InternationalTourism
A Global Industry
A Force for Development?
Environmental Impacts of Tourism
Ecotourism—Friend or Foe?
Toward a Sustainable Tourism Industry
Chapter 6: Rethinking Population, Improving Lives
The World by Numbers
The Ecology of Population
Healthy Reproduction, Healthy Families
The Politics of Population
Correcting Gender Myopia
Chapter 7: Breaking the Link Between Resources and Repression
The Relationship Between Resources and Conflict
Anatomy of Resource Conflicts
How Conflicts Are Financed by Natural Resource Pillage
How Resource Extraction Triggers Conflict
Sanctions, Certification Systems, and Economic Diversification
Chapter 8: Reshaping Global Governance
Reinvigorating International Environmental Governance
New Global Actors
Democratizing Global Governance
Notes
Index