Resources
The god of the mountain and Godavarman: Net Present Value, indigenous territorial rights and sacredness in a bauxite mining conflict in India
By Leah Temper and Joan Martinez-Alier Abstract: This article provides an environmental and institutional history of the highly politicized and contested process of setting a Net Present Value (NPV) for forests …
Between activism and science: grassroots concepts for sustainability coined by Environmental Justice Organizations
By Joan Martinez-Alier et al. Abstract In their own battles and strategy meetings since the early 1980s, EJOs (environmental justice organizations) and their networks have introduced several concepts to political ecology …
The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity: Recent instances for debate
By Beatriz Rodríguez‐Labajos and Joan Martinez-Alier Abstract After 1992 many conservation biologists thought that the use of economic instruments would be more effective to halt biodiversity loss than policies based on setting …
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 …
International law and ecological debt
Ejolt report 11: International law and ecological debt The low resolution report can be downloaded here. The high resolution report can be downloaded here. Abstract Under the paradigm of sustainable development, contemporary international law …
The SpOILed Industry. Environmental Justice strategies in the world of oil.
Chevron in Ecuador and Shell in Nigeria: Transnational Corporations, particularly those in the oil sector, operate around the world and are responsible for some of the most serious environmental damages, but yet they seem …
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 …
Digging deep Corporate Liability. Environmental Justice strategies in the world of oil.
Ejolt report 9: Digging deep corporate liability. Environmental Justice strategies in the world of oil. The low resolution report can be downloaded here. The high resolution report can be downloaded here. Abstract The impacts provoked by the expanding …
Online course: Ecological Economics and Environmental Justice
What past students have said: “Brilliant course for people working in NGOs wishing to understand the basic concepts of ecological economics. The methods and tool introduced through case studies, …
Climate change, ecosystem services, and costs of action and inaction: scoping the interface
By Beatriz Rodríguez‐Labajos Abstract Cost calculations related to climate change have accrued much intellectual effort. However, few works approach the assessment from the point of view of the effects of climate variability and change in ecosystem …
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)