The plundered planet

The Plundered Planet attempts to reconcile the needs of the world's growing population with a sustainable environmental future. Collier shows how unchecked profiteering and backward-looking environmentalism have so far thwarted any constructive cooperation. Here he provides an ethical framework on which to agree future policy. And, based on his own ground-breaking research into these issues, he offers realistic and sustainable solutions. The chains of decision-making required are subtle and fragile but these are policies that governments and corporations need to adopt. Collier demonstrates that our economic and environmental interests are not in fact competing but are mutually dependent and we we will not be able to survive unless we reconcile them now.