Resources series

Gavin Bridge & Philippe Le Billon, Oil, 2nd edition

Anthony Burke, Uranium

Jennifer Clapp, Food, 2nd edition

Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister, Timber

Elizabeth R. DeSombre & J. Samuel Barkin, Fish

David Lewis Feldman, Water

Gavin Fridell, Coffee

Derek Hall, Land

Andrew Herod, Labor

Kristy Leissle, Cocoa

Michael Nest, Coltan

Bronwyn Parry and Beth Greenhough, Bioinformation

Ben Richardson, Sugar

Ian Smillie, Diamonds

Adam Sneyd, Cotton

Bill Winders, Grains

Writing a book is never an independent endeavour and much is owed to those who have helped in the process. Many thanks to Amr El-Alfy and Janet Music for the excellent research assistance they provided, to two anonymous reviewers for their insightful feedback, and to Gavin Fridell for taking the time to read and comment on the manuscript. I am grateful to Louise Knight and Nekane Tanaka Galdos at Polity Press for their superb and patient editorial assistance, and to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Saint Mary’s University for supporting various aspects of my research. I owe an immense debt to the many individuals who have graciously offered their time as participants in my research on emissions trading and global carbon markets and which has helped to shape, in so many ways, how I think about carbon. To those organizations and groups here in Nova Scotia that are working tirelessly on issues of carbon, climate change, and justice, including the Affordable Energy Coalition, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and the Ecology Action Centre, an immense thank you for refusing to accept business as usual, and for allowing me to join you in your work. On a more personal note, I am thankful for the friendship and scholarly support I have received from Claudia De Fuentes, Aldona Wiacek, and Lyuba Zhyznomirska; our collective writing strategies were instrumental in helping to get the job done. I remain deeply grateful to my parents, Bernadette and Harold, for their support and encouragement in all that I do, and to my sister Shawna for her friendship and for all the laughs. Most importantly, I want to thank Gavin for his unwavering support and encouragement every step of the way, and Sasha and Sebastian, for the love and joy they bring to life. As I watch them grow, I am constantly reminded of the intergenerational threat that is catastrophic climate change. It is for them and all those who deserve a better world that I write this book. Any omissions or errors are my responsibility alone.

Halifax, 2018