TY - BOOK AU - Agrawal,Anil AU - Narain,Sunita AU - Sharma,Anju ED - Centre for science and Environment (New Delhi, India). TI - Green politics U1 - 363.7 GRE 23 PY - 1999/// CY - New Delhi PB - Centre for Science and Environment, KW - Environmental policy KW - International cooperation KW - Environmental protection N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-406); 1. Boiling point 2. Biodiversity 3. Rio's stepchild 4. Toxic travellers 5. Wood-headed proposal 6. Free, not fair 7. 'MAI'ght of OECD 8. 'Polluter says' principle 9. Battle for turf N2 - Green Politics, the first in a series of publications on global environmental negotiations (GEN) provides a close analysis of important environment-related conventions and institutions from their origins, and demystifies the global politics behind 'saving the environment'. The book presents a first-ever comprehensive Southern perspective of the impact of global environmental governance on the real lives of real people. Rather than promoting democracy and equality and building a just framework for future governance, environmental negotiations have turned into business transactions, where the rich and powerful often trample on the poor and weak ER -