Durban, South Africa, is a city of immense beauty but also a city with deep environmental scars caused by industrial giants and insensitive government. As the host city for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP17, Durban was at the centre of the world's climate negotiations. This book takes the reader on a journey from Durban's apartheid roots to its somewhat jaded present, passing cultural icons and political battles narrating socio-economic and environmental conflict and the reinvention of the city's tradition of social protest.