The world of business has always been considered quick and unforgiving, but it is certainly getting even quicker and less forgiving as we enter the new "millennium." New problems have given rise to new approaches while some, but not all, old problems yield new solutions. The theme of this volume...

Readings in sustainable consumption 1 / Tim Jackson -- Framing sustainable consumption -- Consumption from a human development perspective 25 -- United Nations Development Programme -- Making sense of sustainable consumption 37 / Nick Robins and Sarah Roberts -- Consumption and its externalities...

Overview / Christophe Bellmann and Jonathan Hepburn -- The historical context of the green box / Néstor Stancanelli -- Doha Round negotiations on the green box and beyond / Jonathan Hepburn and Christophe Bellmann -- The reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy / Alan Swinbank -- Farm...

This paper synthesizes the evidence of a negative correlation between income inequality and environmental quality. It shows that inequality exerts adverse impact on environmental outcomes through several channels, including the household, community, national, and international channels. These...

What is a 'sustainable nation’ and how can we identify and rank ‘sustainable nations’? Are nations producing and consuming in a sustainable way? Aggregate indicators have been proposed to answer these questions. This paper quantitatively compares three aggregate indicators of...