Briefings
“Ecomodernity, decoloniality and environmental justice” – Joan MartÃnez-Alier in conversation with Goutam Karmakar
By Joan MartÃnez-Alier & Goutam Karmakar https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2389983 ABSTRACT Joan MartÃnez-Alier and Goutam Karmakar engage in a conversation where they examine the discourses of the Anthropocene, the Capitalocene, political ecology, and the Entropocene, exploring …
A legal guide for communities seeking environmental justice
How can Environmental Justice Organisations (EJOs), local communities or citizens make justice happen? What are the rules, tools and opportunities to fight back against environmental injustice? A legal guide for communities …
Uranium mining. Unveiling the impacts of the nuclear industry
Using nuclear power requires the mining of uranium: one of the most polluting activities of the nuclear fuel cycle. Yet the impacts of uranium mining on health and environment are …
Expanding Nuclear Power Generation in Eastern Europe
Myth: The nuclear industry claims that nuclear energy is clean, reliable and cheap. Since climate change became an issue of public debate, it is also said to be climate friendly …
Use economic tools effectively for evaluating liabilities in environmental justice struggles
The health and environmental damages of fossil fuel exploitation (e.g., oil spills), nuclear waste and radiation, and mining-related pollution represent some of the most well-known effects of the increasing energy …
Living beyond our means: Europe must fit within the planetary boundaries and stop land grabbing
For the past few years, investors have been scrambling to take control of farmland in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. EU- and US- based companies and financial institutions …
Make human rights truly universal. Legal Perspectives and Policy Recommendations on Claims for Ecological- and Climate Debt
The universality of human rights has been clear from the outset, but governments have tended to limit recognition of their obligations to their own territory. This reductionism has led to …
Digging for dirty oil. Reviewing corporate oil liabilities and EJO legal strategies for environmental justice.
In 2012, an average of 89 million barrels of oil were consumed every day, 30 percent more than in 1992, producing 14.11 billion tonnes of carbon emissions. With the progressive decline …
Unburnable Fuel. High time for a new European policy approach to tackle climate change
Exploring and exploiting new sources of fossil fuels will propel CO2 emissions above 550 ppm. It is an irresponsible waste of money, and policy is called upon to stop this …
Multicriteria evaluation for enhanced Environmental Justice
Decision processes exclusively focussing on monetary aspects face increasing criticism andresistance. The public feels that in this way, important impacts and values are neglected. Values like land rights, human life, aesthetics, cultural significance, sacredness, biodiversity, etc. cannot be adequately …
The project ENVJUSTICE has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 695446)