Negotiating environmental change : new perspectives from social science

Global environmental change will be with us forever, but how it happens in the future, and with what effect on the planet and its peoples, depends to a large extent on how the international agreements, national politics and local actions play out.

This collection provides a comprehensive assessment of these critical interconnections and reveals how social scientists are making an invaluable contribution to the creation of more science and just livelihoods in a future world.