"Explains why current approaches to global environmental problems ... don't work now and won't work in the future ... Argues that dramatically different and far-reaching actions by citizens and governments are now urgent"--jacket.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and index.
Contents
Prologue: 1980 -- pt. 1. Environmental challenges go global -- A world of wounds -- Lost in Eden -- Pollution and climate change in a full world -- pt. 2. And the world responds -- First attempt at global environmental governance -- Anatomy of failure -- pt. 3. Facing up to underlying causes -- Ten drivers of environmental deterioration -- Globalization and the environment -- pt. 4. The transition to sustainability -- Attacking the root causes -- Taking "good governance" seriously -- The most fundamental transition of all -- Resources for citizens.