Suitable for short courses in ecological economics, this book takes as its starting point the notion of the 'global-ethical trilemma': the interrelation between justice, sustainability and prosperity. It introduces to the student different attempts to reconcile these three goals and offers a...

The global ethical trilemma -- Economic growth and human development -- Ethics and ecological economics -- Environmental economics -- Ecological economics : the science of sustainability -- The economics and ethics of climate change -- Global food security -- Man and the seas : the oceans and...