Jean-Frédéric Morin is Full Professor at Université Laval (Canada) and chairholder of the Canada Research Chair in International Political Economy. His recent projects look at the design of environmental treaties and at the interactions between international institutions. His research has appeared in journals like Global Environmental Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Environmental Politics and European Journal of International Relations.

Amandine Orsini is Professor at Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles (Belgium). She is particularly interested in the role of non-state actors in international negotiations regarding biodiversity, forests and genetic resources. She is currently working on two edited volumes: Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance (Routledge, 2nd edition forthcoming) with Jean-Frédéric Morin, and Environmental Policy in the EU: Current and Future Challenges (Routledge, forthcoming) with Elena Kavvatha.

Sikina Jinnah is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz (United States). Her research focuses on the shifting locations of power, linkage politics, and regime design, in particular in the areas of climate change, climate engineering, biodiversity, and trade-environment politics. She is the author or editor of three other books, including, Post-treaty Politics: Secretariat Influence in In Global Environmental Politics, which won the 2016 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, and Greening through Trade: How American Trade Policy is Linked to Environmental Protection Abroad (with Jean-Frédéric Morin).

• PART 1: DEFINING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES


• 1: Interconnections between science and politics


• 2: Ideas about environmental protection


• PART 2: ACTORS AND INTERESTS


• 3: States


• 4: Non-state actors


• PART 3: BARGAINING OVER THE ENVIRONMENT


• 5: The tragedy of the commons and sovereign rights


• 6: Development and the environment: From the Stockholm Summit to the Sustainable Development Goals


• PART 4: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES


• 7: International institutions


• 8: Policy instruments and effectiveness


• PART 5: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES


• 9: Natural resources, security, and conflicts


• 10: Trade and the environment