As environmental issues move to the centre of the political debate, more attention is being focused on the role our economy has played in creating the ecological crisis, and what a sustainable economy might look like. In spite of the success of the environmental movement in drawing attention to...

This book provides a detailed yet succinct overview of sustainable finance, with a specific focus on its origins, its policy focus and the practitioner dimension. With fossil fuel companies still attracting investment and subsidy across the world, the book describes how we can reverse these...

Part I: Setting the scene -- Introduction: an economy within the environment -- The whistle-blowers -- Part II: Economic schools and the environment -- Neoclassical economics -- Environmental economics -- Ecological economics -- Green economics -- Anti-capitalist economics -- Part III: Issues...