This Element provides a systematization of 'the politics of deep time' as a novel lens of planetary politics by demonstrating why deep-time interactions render the politics of deep time essential and explaining the politics of deep time using representative cases. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

1. Deep time as a novel lens of planetary politics; 2. The why: Deep-time interactions; 3. The how: Politicization of deep time; 4. The what: Explicating the politics of deep time; 5. A conceptual framework of the politics of deep time; References.