This paper examines some of the broader dimensions of the environment-development discourse post-Rio, and the international politics of Global Environmental Change. Differences in perspectives of the North and South are outlined, and in addition it is noted that there are also important...

The paper examines the conceptual history of 'sustainable development', from the Brundtland Commission's definition in 1987 to the present day. It argues that the superficial consensus that has characterized much of the early debate has given way to a series of parallel but distinct discourses...