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In this paper I trace the development of global environmental politics (GEP) over the past two decades within the context of the UNFCCC process from Rio 1992 until about Rio 2012. The UNFCCC process is by no means representative of the entire GEP field, but it does offer glimpses into the political processes embedded in global environmental policy-making and implementation. The GEP processes are embodied within a larger economic frame, mainly because the neoliberal thinking over the past several decades has dictated this, but for other reasons discussed in more detail below.