Items tagged:
Social justice
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Decoloniality and the new ethics of climate and nature
"How many planets do we need if everyone on earth were to live just like you?"
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Putting social and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and development
This series of blogs, curated by IIED’s Natural Resources research group and the Green Economy Coalition, will examine dominant approaches to resolving the nature and climate crises
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New thought-provoking blog series scrutinises dominant approaches to resolving the nature and climate crises
IIED and the Green Economy Coalition launch a new thought-provoking series of blogs to scrutinise the dominant approaches to solving the nature, climate, and inequality crises
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Coming through the pandemic the right way up
COVID-19 risks exacerbating inequality and ecological destruction, but it may also bring lessons of environmental and social justice that shift values, strengthen solidarity and encourage people to mobilise for change
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Q&A: Successful social mobilisation for land rights in Nepal
Jagat Basnet, a seasoned land rights campaigner, continues our blog and interview series exploring how social movements can support climate justice and interact with sustainable development organisations.
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Social movements for climate justice
Social movements calling for climate action and climate justice have reached exciting new levels of visibility in recent years. This blog series considers the vital role they can play in prompting climate action and climate justice
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There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity
Increasingly recognised as the irreplaceable basis of our natural world, biodiversity is also fundamental to human wellbeing and sustainable development. James Mayers looks at why effective conservation action is inextricably linked with development and social justice
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Conservation works better with social justice
Poverty threatens wildlife conservation despite widespread efforts to integrate conservation and development so that local communities benefit. So what's going wrong? Our research suggests it's social justice that's missing.
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Ten ways to secure social justice in the green economy
IIED and CAFOD have published guidelines that policymakers can follow to improve the social outcomes of green economy strategies
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Green shoots and REDD herrings
Forests continue to be trashed in many places. One recent estimate, admittedly ‘on the back-of-an- envelope’, indicates a global natural capital loss of US$2.5 trillion a year, of which forests represent a substantial part. We have all recently become used to hearing about trillions of dollars being wiped off the world’s ‘virtual economy’, but this natural capital is real, and its loss is permanent.
