Editors’ Introduction: The Globalization and Environment Debate 1J. Timmons Roberts and Peter Newell Part I Going Global 21 Introduction 23 1 The Anthropocene: Are Humans Now Overwhelming the Great Forces of Nature? (2007) 27Will Steffen, Paul J. Crutzen, and John R. McNeill 2 Address at the Closing Ceremony of the Eighth and Final Meeting of the World Commission on Environment and Development and the Tokyo Declaration (1987) 43Gro Harlem Brundtland 3 Foxes in Charge of the Chickens (1993) 51Nicholas Hildyard 4 Can the Environment Survive the Global Economy? (1997) 63Edward Goldsmith 5 Ecological Modernization and the Global Economy (2002) 77Arthur P. J. Mol 6 Environment and Globalization: Five Propositions (2010) 94Adil Najam, David Runnalls, and Mark Halle Part II The Nature of Globalization – Cases and Trends in Globalization 109 Introduction 111 7 The Value of the World’s Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital (1997) 117Robert Costanza, Ralph d’Arge, Rudolf de Groot, Stephen Farber, Monica Grasso, Bruce Hannon, Karin Limburg, Shahid Naeem, Robert V. O’Neill, Jose Paruelo, Robert G. Raskin, Marjan Van den Belt, and Paul Sutton 8 Sustainability and Markets: On the Neoclassical Model of Environmental Economics (1997) 134Michael Jacobs 9 Crafting the Next Generation of Market-Based Environmental Tools (1997) 148Jeremy B. Hockenstein, Robert N. Stavins, and Bradley W. Whitehead 10 Climate Fraud and Carbon Colonialism: The New Trade in Greenhouse Gases (2004) 162Heidi Bachram 11 The Business of Sustainable Development (1992) 177Stephen Schmidheney 12 The “Commons” versus the “Commodity”: Alter-globalization, Anti-privatization and the Human Right to Water in the Global South (2007) 187Karen Bakker Part III Explaining the Relationship between Globalization and the Environment 211 Introduction 213 13 Peril or Prosperity? Mapping Worldviews of Global Environmental Change (2011) 219Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne 14 Introduction to World Development Report, 2003: Sustainable Development in a Dynamic Global Economy (2003) 233World Bank 15 The Political Ecology of Globalization (2012) 247Peter Newell 16 Institutions for the Earth: Promoting International Environmental Protection (1992) 262Marc A. Levy, Peter M. Haas, and Robert O. Keohane Part IV Governing Globalization and the Environment 279 Introduction 281 17 Trading Up and Governing Across: Transnational Governance and Environmental Protection (1997) 285David Vogel 18 The WTO and the Undermining of Global Environmental Governance (2000) 294Ken Conca 19 Private Environmental Governance and International Relations: Exploring the Links (2003) 299Robert Falkner 20 Managing Multinationals: The Governance of Investment for the Environment (2001) 309Peter Newell 21 Reforming Global Environmental Governance: The Case for a United Nations Environment Organisation (UNEO) (2012) 323Frank Biermann Part V Can Globalization be Greened? 333 Introduction 335 22 Whose Common Future: Reclaiming the Commons (1994) 341The Ecologist 23 Resisting ‘Globalisation-from-above’ Through ‘Globalisation-from-below’ (1997) 362Richard Falk 24 Picking the Wrong Fight: Why Attacks on the World Trade Organization Pose the Real Threat to National Environmental and Public Health Protection (2005) 371Alasdair R. Young 25 What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism (2010) 379Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster 26 Pathways of Human Development and Carbon Emissions Embodied in Trade (2012) 396Julia K. Steinberger, J. Timmons Roberts, Glen P. Peters, and Giovanni Baiocchi 27 Introduction to Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication (2012) 406United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 28 Critique of the Green Economy: Toward Social and Environmental Equity (2012) 422Barbara Unmüßig, Wolfgang Sachs, and Thomas Fatheuer Index 439

Arguably, there is no better iconic representation of globalization than a hulking container ship ferrying electronics, cheap toys, clothing, and furniture to the far corners of the globe—an image which gives rise to a pair of fundamental questions about today’s world: Is economic globalization the prime cause of the destruction of the global environment? And conversely, are new forms of globalization potentially the only ways to address what are now global environmental problems? The Globalization and Environment Reader features a comprehensive collection of nearly 30 classic and cutting-edge readings that represent a broad range of perspectives within this increasingly important field. Initial readings reveal how the benefits of a massive increase in economic development over the past 60 years are tempered by immense environmental degradation. Further readings explore a variety of themes and issues relating to the nature of globalization (i.e.; how nature is being treated in an increasingly "marketized" fashion), debates about managing and governing the relationship between globalization and the environment, and broader discussions about the possibilities for globalization to be "greened." Timely and essential, The Globalization and Environment Reader offers important insights into the future of our fragile planet in the globalized world of the 21st century.

“Globalization won’t just ‘go away’ but it just can’t ‘go on’, either. To become literate enough to confront the environmental contradictions that follow from this disturbing reality means understanding all sides of a thorny discussion. Newell and Roberts provide an incredible resource to do just that.”Paul Robbins, Director, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies "The perfect primer to get the reader up to speed and then speeding ahead. An essential guide for scholars and policy-makers looking to confront the challenge of making our increasingly global world a green one."  Kevin P. Gallagher, Boston University “This collection, expertly put together by the editors, provides an unrivalled introduction to the debate on how economic globalization is implicated in the global environmental crisis, and what we can do about it. It contains classic texts and recent publications that shed a critical light on this vitally important topic.”Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political Science"This valuable and well-chosen selection of the most important texts covers the rich variety of viewpoints, insights, debates, arguments, and outlooks on how globalization affects and/or enhances environmental quality."Arthur P.J. Mol, Wageningen University, The Netherlands"The Globalization and Environment Reader offers a wealth of perspectives on the limits and possibilities of securing an increasingly uncertain future. This book showcases a strong line-up of scholars bringing global and green lenses to some of the most critical questions of our time."Philip McMichael, Cornell University