Tag: social movements
New: “From Fukushima to fossil fuels: Carbon emissions, climate narratives, and grassroots movements in Japan’s energy transition”
By May Aye Thiri, Mihály Tamás Borsi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103520 Abstract The Fukushima Nuclear Accident triggered an energy predicament in Japan, necessitating initiatives to decarbonise and denuclearise its energy landscape. This shift has intensified reliance on fossil fuels, …
Ecologies of contention: how more-than-human natures shape contentious actions and politics
By Arnim Scheidel, Juan Liu, Daniela Del Bene, Sara Mingorria & Sergio Villamayor-Tomas. Read it now at The Journal of Peasant Studies. ABSTRACT Which role plays the more-than-human world in shaping the possibilities for …
Resistance as governance: Transformative strategies forged on the frontlines of extractivism in Canada
By Jen Gobby, Leah Temper, Matthew Burket and Nicolas von Ellenrieder. From the journal The Extractive Industries and Society, 2021. Article based on the analysis of cases from the EJAtlas. Abstract Attempts in Canada …
From boomerangs to minefields and catapults: dynamics of trans-local resistance to land-grabs
By Leah TemperAbstractThis paper explores the political processes that activists engaged in contesting land grabbing have triggered to connect claims across borders and to international institutions, regimes and processes. Through a …
The map of conflicts related to environmental injustice and health in Brazil
By Diogo Ferreira da Rocha, Marcelo Firpo Porto, Tania Pacheco, Jean Pierre LeroyAbstractThis article discusses the experience of the map of conflicts related to environmental injustices and health in Brazil and its potential contribution to international movements for …
Network effects in environmental justice struggles: An investigation of conflicts between mining companies and civil society organizations from a network perspective
By Cem Iskender Aydin, Begum Ozkaynak , Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos, Taylan YenilmezAbstractThis paper examines conflicts that occur between mining companies and civil society organizations (CSOs) around the world and offers an …
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)