Björn-Ola Linnér

The Return of Malthus is the first comprehensive analysis of the post-war fear of scarcity. Linnér traces the development of an international discourse of crisis through the influence of such thinkers as William Vogt, Fairfield Osborn and Georg Börgström, labelled ‘neo-Malthusians’ for their emphasis on an impending clash between population growth and resource limits, after the manner of the nineteenth-century father of scarcity economics. The book analyses the role of science and technology in securing food supply, the transmutation of older ideas about preserving nature into a new conservation ideology based on sustainable use, and the preoccupation of the industrialised nations with forestalling communism and controlling power relations. First published by The White Horse Press in 2003. Even more relevant today, this revised edition charts perceptions of and prescriptions for crises of population growth and resource shortage, which have had profound influence on agricultural, population and security policies from the Second World War to the present.

Societal transformations are needed across the globe in light of pressing environmental issues. This need to transform is increasingly acknowledged in policy, planning, academic debate, and media, whether it is to achieve decarbonization, resilience, national development plans, or sustainability objectives. This volume provides the first comprehensive comparison of how sustainability transformations are understood across societies. It contains historical analogies and concrete examples from around the world to show how societal transformations could achieve the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through governance, innovations, lifestyle changes, education and new narratives. It examines how societal actors in different geographical, political and cultural contexts understand the agents and drivers of societal change towards sustainability, using data from the academic literature, international news media, lay people's focus groups across five continents, and international politics. This is a valuable resource for academics and policymakers working in environmental governance and sustainability. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.

Societal transformations are needed across the globe in light of pressing environmental issues. This need to transform is increasingly acknowledged in policy, planning, academic debate, and media, whether it is to achieve decarbonization, resilience, national development plans, or sustainability objectives. This volume provides the first comprehensive comparison of how sustainability transformations are understood across societies. It contains historical analogies and concrete examples from around the world to show how societal transformations could achieve the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through governance, innovations, lifestyle changes, education and new narratives. It examines how societal actors in different geographical, political and cultural contexts understand the agents and drivers of societal change towards sustainability, using data from the academic literature, international news media, lay people's focus groups across five continents, and international politics. This is a valuable resource for academics and policymakers working in environmental governance and sustainability. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.

Drawing on concepts in political economy, political ecology, justice theory, and critical development studies, the authors offer the first comprehensive, systematic exploration of the ways in which adaptation projects can produce unintended, undesirable results. This work is on the Global Policy: Next Generation list of six key books for understanding the politics of global climate change.

Hur påverkar återkommande budskap om miljöhot barn och ungdomar? Tappar de hoppet om framtiden och tilltron till vuxna, till politiken, vetenskapen och utbildningen? Många bedömare har uttryckt sin oro och hävdat att utbildningssektorn har förmedlat en alltför pessimistisk bild av miljöhoten och vetenskapens möjligheter att komma till rätta med problemen. Å andra sidan ger många opinionsbildare utbildningen en nyckelroll i att vända den negativa miljöutvecklingen, om den lyckas engagera de unga i miljöarbetet. Denna bok handlar om hur utbildningsprogrammen har förmedlat miljöfrågorna, vad de har pekat ut som samtida och framtida hotbilder och som möjligheter att lösa miljöproblemen Undersökningen sträcker sig över fyrtio år av skiftande hotbilder, lösningsmedel och samhällsvisioner vid sidan om nyhetsredaktionerna, de politiska kamrarna och miljöaktivisternas aktioner. Framtidsbilder och synen på miljöfrågorna i utbildningsprogrammen har förändrats tydligt under de senaste fyrtio åren. Generationer av elever har fått ta del av ett spektrum av miljöbudskap, från mörkaste framtidsoro till ljusaste förtröstan. Men som en röd tråd genom programutbudet går tendensen att lägga på barnen och ungdomarna ansvaret för att lösa de miljöproblem som de vuxna orsakat. Boken mynnar ut i en diskussion om hur utbildningsprogrammen kan ha påverkat barns, ungdomars och vuxnas miljöengagemang och framtidssyn. "En intressant miljöhistorisk tillbakablick som ökar förståelsen för varför man agerat på olika sätt beträffande miljön genom åren." -- Ingela Frost i BTJ:s sambindningshäfte