Abstract

Environment and environmental justice is critical in social work education and practice as the global climate crisis has significant implications for human relationships with the natural and physical environment and ultimately human rights. This chapter considers rights-based and social justice principles and perspectives using an integrated social development approach for transforming systems that create injustices and inequities at a societal level that directly affect individual and community wellbeing. The chapter discusses the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals, the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development, and the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction. The role of social workers in promoting environmental justice through green social work is discussed, and two case studies from Pakistan and Jamaica illustrate the complex nature of environmental justice concerns. The social dimensions of extreme weather events and disasters and the value of social work practice are highlighted. The chapter concludes with an emphasis on international collaboration and multidisciplinary approaches that can inform social work practice in facilitating sustainable development and environmental justice.

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