Handbook on the geopolitics of sustainability / edited by Björn-Ola Linnér (professor, Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University), Therese Bennich (research fellow) and Henrik Carlsen (senior research fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Linnér, Björn-Ola, editor.

Bennich, Therese, editor.

Carlsen, Henrik, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geopolitics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Geopolitics.

Sustainability--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Sustainability.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This Handbook brings together more than 60 leading researchers from diverse academic disciplines to examine the complex and evolving intersection between geopolitics and sustainability. The result is a timely exploration of how sustainability challenges reshape geopolitics and how geopolitics, in turn, shape the prospects for just and effective sustainability transformations. Contributing authors analyse topics such as climate change, energy transitions, demographic shifts, digital governance and planetary equity, through the tandem lens of sustainability and geopolitics. They identify critical risks as well as opportunities for positive change. They also present approaches, methodologies, and tools for navigating uncertainty and advancing integrated perspectives, including from systems thinking, risk science, AI-based modelling, critical security studies, and scenario analysis. This Handbook contributes to the emergence of geopolitics of sustainability as a field in its own right - distinct from the two traditional fields of geopolitical analysis and sustainability science. It further demonstrates that this emerging field has its own dedicated methodologies, conceptual frameworks, empirical focus, institutional spaces, and communities of practice. This collection is an essential resource for students and scholars in environmental studies, sustainability studies, geopolitics, security studies, international relations, political science, geography, and science and technology studies. The Handbook also offers valuable insights for policymakers and practitioners looking to better understand and navigate the complex dynamics shaping our planetary future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Part I: Introduction

1. The geopolitics of sustainability: An Introduction / Björn-Ola Linnér, Therese Bennich and Henrik Carlsen

2. Contextualizing anthropocene geopolitics / Simon Dalby

Part II: Rethinking geopolitics on an altered earth

3. Ecological security / Rod Schoonover and Dan Smith

4. Geopolitics of biodiversity / Zühre Aksoy

5. Food and security: Bridging contradictory pursuits / Jiayi Zhou

6. Planetary vs international security: Economic growth at the crossroads / Olivia Lazard

7. Ontological insecurity and climate denial / Beatriz Rodrigues Bessa Mattos and Camila Amorim Jardim

Part III: A shifting energy landscape

8. Fossil fuel incumbency / Peter Newell, Lukas Slothuus, Freddie Daley and Daniela Soto Hernández

9. Geopolitics of critical raw material supply constraints / André Månberger

Part IV: Demographic and migration dynamics

10. The geopolitics of the demographic transition / Richard Jackson

11. The geopolitics of migration: Exploring the potential for synergies between migration and sustainable development / Sarah Redicker and W. Neil Adger

Part V: Techno-economic drivers

12. Geopolitical implications of the AI life cycle: Looking under the hood and hype / Somya Joshi, William Babis, Emily Ghosh and Anisha Nazareth

13. Digital persona and transnational regulation of cyberspace / Nina Teresa Kiderlin and Shirin Barol

14. The geopolitics of AI in global environmental governance / Marie Francisco and Fredrik Heintz

15. Navigating the transformation of built seascapes: Security tensions and the role of digitization in offshore monitoring / Karina Barquet, Hans Liwång and Torsten Linders

16. The geopolitics of legitimacy in global environmental governance / Lisa Dellmuth and Adis Dzebo

Part VI: Reimagining world affairs

17. Military organizations and climate security: Nato after Russia's invasion of Ukraine / Niklas Bremberg and Rickard Söder

18. The peace-sustainability nexus: Charting a research agenda in the anthropocene / Dahlia Simangan

19. Geopolitics of large ocean states and the sustainability challenge / Michelle Mycoo

20. Ecocide in international law: A geopolitical perspective / Rinata Kazak

21. Geopolitics of water agreements: Cooperation, conflict, justice, and peace / Kyungmee Kim, Stefan Döring, Maria Båld, Stacy D. VanDeveer and Ashok Swain

Part VII: Planetary equity in global governance

22. Facing the planetary in critical security studies / Anthony Burke and Stefanie Fishel

23. Rethinking environmental sustainability and SDGs from indigenous perspectives / Ranjan Datta and Jebunnessa Chapola

24. The geopolitics of climate finance / Katherine Browne and Aaron Maltais

25. Climate justice activism and the populist challenge to global environmentalism / Eva Lövbrand, Alejandro Esguerra and Henrike Knappe

Part VIII: Methods and frameworks for researching the geopolitics of sustainability

26. Long-term thinking in geopolitical analysis and sustainability: A comparative reading / Henrik Carlsen

27. The concept of risk in geopolitics / Tom Logan, Ivan Villaverde Canosa and Kendrick Hardaway

28. Transboundary climate risk and global food supply chains as a geopolitical challenge / Johanna Hedlund

29. Systems approaches to the geopolitics of sustainability: A focus on land / Richard King and Tim Benton

30. Researching the geopolitics of sustainability: Opportunities and limitations of artificial intelligence / Sophia Hatz and Nina von Uexkull

31. Climate change modelling and international relations: In pursuit of an integrated, long-term research agenda / Jonathan D. Moyer and Collin J. Meisel

32. Producing sustainability as a security problem / Maria Jernnäs, Judith Nora Hardt and Alva Linnér.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781035342549 (e-book)

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