In "Common Wealth", Jeffrey D. Sachs-one of the world's most respected economists and the author of The New York Times bestseller "The End of Poverty" offers an urgent assessment of the environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extreme poverty that threaten global peace and...

Introduction : activism from above -- States and the domestic political economy of NGOs -- Political globalization, "civil society" politics, and the global growth of NGOs in the 1980s-2000s -- International development NGOs in Japan -- Sustainable development and advocacy NGOs in Japan --...

Introduction -- Adaptation to climate change -- The ethical bases of international adaptation funding -- The framework of justice -- The international institutions and instruments governing adaptation funding -- Evaluation of procedural justice in international adaptation funding -- Evaluation...

"Global Energy Governance in a Multipolar World investigates the relationship between the emergence of a multipolar world order and the enormous challenges with regard to global energy governance the world is facing in the 21st century. Multipolarity means that a number of important states have...