Note from the editor: The "liberal compromise" and after: Realities and fictions of global climate governance

This issue of Economic Sociology explores the promises and realities of governing society's nexus with the planetary system and the role that capitalism plays in doing so. Coincidentally, attempts to govern society-earth system couplings started in earnest during capitalism's most triumphant moment. In 1992, in the immediate aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse, parties at the United Nations Conference in Rio adopted the first Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC).