Environmental and Ecological Justice (original) (raw)

The concept of justice is pivotal within international environmental politics (IEP), influencing discussions on distributive justice and ecological fairness. Despite its significance, traditional international relations scholarship has largely overlooked substantial inquiries into justice, focusing instead on national political frameworks. This paper examines the multifaceted nature of environmental justice, exploring its history, the various dimensions such as distributional, procedural, compensatory, intergenerational, and interspecies justice, and the challenges posed by these complexities. It highlights the ongoing tensions in climate change policy and justice, and the inadequate incorporation of deep ecological perspectives into mainstream climate discourse, ultimately pointing towards the necessity of addressing underlying structural inequities to foster a genuinely equitable global climate regime.