Research
New Article: “Green and climate colonialities: Evidence from Arctic extractivisms”
Authors: Ksenija Hanaček (University of Helsinki & Autonomous University of Barcelona), Markus Kroger (University of Helsinki), Joan Martinez-Alier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.5512 Abstract This article examines 16 environmental conflicts across the Arctic that demonstrate resistance to both climate …
Read Now: “Black gold and green BRI–A grounded analysis of Chinese investment in coal-fired power plants in Indonesia”
By Bowen Gu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2024.101411 Highlights First countrywide analysis of socio-environmental conflicts over coal-fired power plants with Chinese investment. Demonstrates how the politics from below shapes BRI energy infrastructure investment in practice. Analyzes the uneven development of CFPPs in …
New Article: “The political ecology of oil and gas corporations: TotalEnergies and post-colonial exploitation to concentrate energy in industrial economies”
By Marcel Llavero-Pasquina, Grettel Navas, Roberto Cantoni, Joan Martínez-Alier Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Facultad de Gobierno, Universidad de Chile, Chile Highlights TotalEnergies function is to extract and concentrate energy in industrial cores. Oil and gas …
The political ecology of oil and gas corporations: the case of TotalEnergies
Browse the conflicts in the EJAtlas linked to the French oil major TotalEnergies analyzed in the research article entitled: “The political ecology of oil and gas companies: TotalEnergies and post-colonial …
Conflict and conservation: On the role of protected areas for environmental justice
Research based on the Environmental Justice Atlas – www.ejatlas.org Available at Global Environmental Change journal – ScienceDirect Authors: Antonio Bontempi, Pietro Venturi, Daniela Del Bene, Arnim Scheidel, Quim Zaldo-Aubanell, Roser Maneja Zaragoza Abstract When are protected areas drivers of environmental injustices and conflict, and …
Discrediting carbon credits
Big Oil going carbon neutral? Here is how carbon offsets impact local and indigenous communities. Authors: Nathaniel Rugh and Marcel Llavero-Pasquina Full article published at: https://theecologist.org/2023/aug/18/discrediting-carbon-credits Fossil fuel companies are increasingly using carbon …
The EJAtlas and the Making of the World Movement for Environmental Justice. A “Sociology of Absences”?
Author: Joan Martínez-Alier Published at the University of Toronto Press, at the The Tocqueville Review. Find it here: https://doi.org/10.3138/ttr.44.1.25 Abstract The EJAtlas is an archive of environmental conflicts. It is a collective endeavor. …
New research: Global impacts of extractive and industrial development projects on Indigenous Peoples’ lifeways, lands, and rights
Authors: Arnim Scheidel, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Anju Helen Bara, Daniela Del Bene, Dominique M David-Chavez, Eleonora Fanari, Ibrahim Garba, Ksenija Hanaček, Juan Liu, Joan Martínez-Alier, Grettel Navas, Victoria Reyes-García, Brototi Roy, Leah Temper, May Aye Thiri, Dalena Tran, Mariana Walter, Kyle Powys Whyte. 7 Jun 2023 Available at Science Advance: …
A global analysis of violence against women defenders in environmental conflicts
Article by: Dalena Tran & Ksenija Hanaček Published on Nature Sustainability on 05 of June 2023: https://rdcu.be/deOJo Abstract Women environmental defenders face retaliation for mobilizing against extractive and polluting projects, which perpetrate violence against Indigenous, …
Not victims, but fighters: A global overview on women’s leadership in anti-mining struggles
Authors: Francisco Venes (University of Coimbra), Stefania Barca (University of Santiago de Compostela), Grettel Navas (University of Chile). Available now in the Journal of Political Ecology. Abstract While it is known that women have a strong presence in struggles …
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)