This timely analysis of some of the crucial challenges, contradictions and promises within current environmental discourses and practices in Latin America demonstrates the challenging scenarios and original perspectives that have emerged in Latin America in relation to the globally urgent issues of climate change and the environmental crisis. Two interconnected analytical frameworks guide the discussions in the book: the relationships between nature, knowledge and identity, and their role in understanding recent and current practices of climate change and environmental policy. 

This timely analysis of some of the crucial challenges, contradictions and promises within current environmental discourses and practices in Latin America demonstrates the challenging scenarios and original perspectives that have emerged in Latin America in relation to the globally urgent issues of climate change and the environmental crisis. Two interconnected analytical frameworks guide the discussions in the book: the relationships between nature, knowledge and identity, and their role in understanding recent and current practices of climate change and environmental policy. 

This timely analysis of some of the crucial challenges, contradictions and promises within current environmental discourses and practices in Latin America demonstrates the challenging scenarios and original perspectives that have emerged in Latin America in relation to the globally urgent issues of climate change and the environmental crisis. Two interconnected analytical frameworks guide the discussions in the book: the relationships between nature, knowledge and identity, and their role in understanding recent and current practices of climate change and environmental policy.