In July 2008, Robin Leichenko and Karen O’Brien will launch the book Environmental Change and Globalization: Double Exposures. The book, published by Oxford University Press, explores the connections between two of the most transformative processes of the twenty-first century, namely climate change and globalization. In the book, Leichenko and O’Brien present a conceptual framework for analyzing the interactions between these two processes, and they illustrate, through case studies, how these interactions create situations of “double exposure.” Drawing upon prominent recent and current climate-related events - Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, recurring droughts in India, and the melting of Arctic sea ice - the case studies each demonstrate a different pathway of interaction between globalization and environmental change. The double exposure framework not only sheds light on the challenges raised by these processes, but also reveals possibilities for using the interactions to generate positive opportunities for action.