Tag: environmental conflicts
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 …
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 …
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, …
Beyond women and men: How extractive projects perpetuate gendered violence against environmental defenders in Southeast Asia
By Dalena Tran Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2023.2174853 ABSTRACT Discussion of gendered violence during environmental conflicts often centers on women’s issues without situating them …
New: “Gendered violence martyring Filipina environmental defenders”
New research by DalenaTran, from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Spain. Read it now in the journal of The Extractive Industries and Society at Science …
A century of Italian dams: did they serve environmental justice?
New research unpacks the sustainability disclosures of the Italian construction company WeBuild (formerly Salini Impregilo) Picture | The Gibe III dam, Ethiopia. Credits: © Fausto Podavini, ‘Omo Change’ project ‘We build value’. …
Environmental justice and corporate social irresponsibility: the case of the mining company Vale S.A.
By Beatriz Macchione Saes, Daniela Del Bene, Raquel Neyra, Lucrecia Wagner and Joan Martínez-Alier. Available to read here. OR https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4422asoc20210014vu2021L4ID Abstract After the Vale’s tailings dam failure in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais) in …
Counter-reporting Sustainability from the Bottom up: the Case of the Construction Company WeBuild and Dam-related Conflicts
By Antonio Bontempi, Daniela Del Bene & Louisa Jane Di Felice. Available at the Journal of Business Ethics (2021) Abstract Controversies around large-scale development projects offer many cases and insights which may be analyzed through the lenses …
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)