Maxwell T. Boykoff is Associate Professor in the Center for Science and Technology Policy, and Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado-Boulder. In Boulder he also teaches in the Environmental Studies programme. Previously, he was a James Martin Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute and a Departmental Lecturer in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. He researches issues involving transformations of carbon-based economies and societies, as well as cultural politics and the environment. Cutting across these themes, hi research has concentrated on interactions between state and non-state actors at the interface of environmental science, policy considerations, the role of celebrity endeavours in climate change issues, and links to ethics, environmental justice movements, climate adaptation and public understanding.

Foreword: Tim O'Riordan Introduction: Max Boykoff 1. The Politics of Climate Science Stephen H. Schneider and Michael D. Mastrandrea 2. The History of International Climate Change Politics: Three Decades of Progress, Process and Procrastination Heike Schroeder 3. The Politics of Interstate Climate Negotiations Chukwumerije Okereke 4. Protagonists in the Market of Climate Change Knowledge Hans Von Storch 5. The Politics of the Carbon Economy Peter Newell and Matthew Paterson 6. The Politics of Adaptation Across Scales: The Implications of Additionality to Policy Choice and Development Maria Carmen Lemosand Emily Boyd 7. Addressing Inequality and Building Trust to Secure a Post-2012 Global Climate Deal Bradley C. Parks and J. Timmons Roberts 8. Cultural Politics of Climate Change: Interactions in Everyday Spaces Maxwell T. Boykoff, Michael K. Goodman and Ian Curtis 9. Costly Knowledge - Unaffordable Denial: The Politics of Public Understanding and Engagement on Climate Change Susanne C. Moser A - Z Glossary Maxwell T. Boykoff and Chukwumerije Okereke Maps and Statistics