Approaches climate change as an issue of human security and ethical obligation, arguing for a more equitable and sustainable future.

Foreword Heide Hackmann; Preface Karen O'Brien, Asunción Lera St. Clair and Berit Kristoffersen; Part I. Framings: 1. The framing of climate change Karen O'Brien, Asunción Lera St. Clair and Berit Kristoffersen; 2. The idea of human security Des Gasper; 3. Climate change science and policy in the South Pacific, as if people mattered Jon Barnett; Part II. Equity: 4. A 'shared vision'? Why inequality should worry us J. Timmons Roberts and Bradley C. Parks; 5. Fair decision making in a new climate of risk W. Neil Adger and Donald R. Nelson; Part III. Ethics: 6. Ethics, politics and the global environment Desmond McNeill; 7. Human rights, climate change and discounting Simon Caney; 8. Climate change: a global test for contemporary political institutions and theories Stephen Gardiner; Part IV. Reflexivity: 9. Linking sustainable development with climate change adaptation and mitigation Livia Bizikova, Sarah Burch, John Robinson and Stewart Cohen; 10. Global poverty and climate change: the responsibility to protect Asunción Lera St. Clair; 11. Security for whom? Social contracts in a changing climate Bronwyn Hayward and Karen O'Brien; 12. Towards a new science on climate change Karen O'Brien, Asunción Lera St. Clair and Berit Kristoffersen; Index.