ABSTRACT This study examines the dynamic interactions between climate risk, oil price uncertainty (OPU), and technological innovation in shaping Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to Sustainable Cities and Communities (SCC) across Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 2005 to 2024. Using a panel Time‐Varying Interactive Fixed Effects (TV‐IFE) model complemented by bootstrapped quantile regression, the results reveal that climate risk progressively reduces urban sustainability, particularly in vulnerable and rapidly urbanizing areas. OPU demonstrates episodic but significant effects, with heightened volatility during events such as the COVID‐19 pandemic, the Russia–Ukraine conflict, Red Sea tensions, and the second Trump administration era, which disrupts fiscal capacity and delays sustainable urban investments. Conversely, technological innovation emerges as a key positive driver, increasingly enhancing urban resilience and inclusiveness over time. These findings underscore the importance of integrating climate and environmental justice into urban policies, diversifying fiscal resources to reduce reliance on volatile oil markets, and accelerating the adoption of digital and green innovations.

Abstract Political ecology examines the interconnectedness of social, political, and ecological processes, offering critical insights into power dynamics, environmental governance, justice, and inequality. We examine the discipline of political ecology and its relevance in understanding the impacts of environmental changes, economic and colonial exploitation, and socioeconomic inequalities. We present an in-depth critical analysis of key debates and themes in contemporary political ecology: decolonial approaches and inclusion of Indigenous knowledge, climate justice and uneven distribution of climate vulnerabilities, posthumanism and more-than-human governance, and Anthropocene and Capitalocene. This paper discusses the economic drivers and structural solutions to climate adaptation. By highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of political ecology, this study illustrates how recent advancements in the field contribute to the development of more equitable environmental governance and global sustainability initiatives. The study discusses the implications and future directions of political ecology, emphasising the need to decolonise the field, address intersecting social categories, apply Indigenous knowledge and knowledge co-production, engage with environmental justice movements, and critically examine AI-mediated climate governance and decision-making.

ABSTRACT This short communication explores the intersection between agroecology and spirituality, drawing on field insights from faith-based agroecological initiatives in Uganda and the teachings of Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s encyclical on integral ecology. We specificallyfocus on agroecological practices observed at institutions where agroecology is integrated with spiritual renewal through forest regeneration, ecological education, and inclusive market structures. We argue that these practices illustrate a form of “ecological conversion” that aligns with Laudato Si’s call for ethical, social, and environmental transformation. The findings reveal that spirituality is notonly a motivating force but also a guiding framework that shapes agroecological principles, fosters community resilience, and bridges ecological justice with social equity. By engaging with both religious and indigenous cosmologies, such initiatives offer an inclusive and holistic model of sustainability. In this way, our paper contributes to the emerging discourse on faith-based agroecology, arguing that integrating spiritual values into agroecological transitions can enhance farmer agency, deepen ethical commitment, and support more just and sustainable food systems.

In this paper, the author focuses on the ecological in South Asian literature in modern literature concerning environmental degradation and the climate change issue through the eco-critical prism. This paper focuses on four major works, specifically The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid and Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup, to evaluate how each of the writings portrays, as well as critiques ecological crises, especially as it concerns the marginalised communities. Through eco-critical ideas like slow violence and environmental justice, the paper will emphasise the fact that literature not only represents environmental effects of climate change, but it also emphasises the socio-political aspects of these problems. The discussion shows that the surroundings in these novels are not just mere spectators but key participants in the life of humans and have profound effects on cultural identity, social inequality, and political tussles. The research will help to prove the role of modern South Asian literature in the discussion of climate change, make readers rethink their relations with nature and the socio-political system that remains in place and promote environmental degradation.

Environmental archaeology has often relied on common-pool resource models to interpret past human-environment relationships, yet these frameworks overlook Indigenous ontologies grounded in kinship with land, water, and more-than human beings. We propose commoning as a complementary approach that centers reciprocity, relational care, and cultural meaning alongside institutional regulation. Drawing on archaeological evidence from Virginia's Chesapeake Bay, we show how commoning reveals Indigenous environmental governance as a world-making practice. This framework advances environmental archaeology by integrating Indigenous epistemologies, supporting collaborative methods, and linking archaeological interpretation to contemporary environmental justice.

In Politics of Friendship Derrida characterises his extended discussion as a contribution to a genealogical deconstruction of the link that ties democracy to autochthony. In Rogues a few years later, he adds to this work by articulating what might be figured as an extensionist hypothesis, raising the question of ‘how far’ ‘the people of demo cracy’ is to be extended. Here, I read these two lines of problematisation alongside each other, seeing in each a certain decentring of the place of ‘people’ in the formation of democracy. Reading the later gesture for its potential to usher in a ‘more-than-human’ politics in view of anthropogenic climate change, I take recent efforts to develop a program of a multispecies, environmental justice as indicative of this impulse. At stake here is what Derrida characterises as an ambivalent logic of ‘fraternisation’ whose operation in theories of more-than-human politics I trace with reference to the Schmittian concept of the political. Driving the investigation from the beginning, however, is a more speculative question of what happens to the very idea of democracy when the place of ‘people’ is doubly decentred in this way. In what sense, moreover, could a deconstruction along these lines be engaged and still keep the old name of democracy?

How human mobility shapes daily exposure to greenspaces: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT Why does climate action so often take socially regressive and ecologically destructive forms? Building on Stuart Hall, we argue that regressive climate change solutions are enabled by an articulation between planetary-scale carbon fetishism and capitalist class interests. We term this global but uneven formation planetary climate politics. Planetary climate politics reduces the climate crisis to atmospheric CO2 management and a corresponding assignment of responsibility across states. This abstract planetary conception of the problem occludes political-economic context at multiple scales and separates climate politics from the politics of any actual social milieu. This leaves even ‘progressive’ climate advocates undiscriminating about possible solutions, enabling alliances with dominant classes around ‘false solutions.’ Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in coastal Bangladesh and the U.S. state of Louisiana, we illuminate the baneful consequences of planetary climate politics at sites of both adaptation and mitigation. More broadly we make the case for critical ethnographies of the climate crisis to challenge planetary carbon fetishism, differentiate emancipatory and regressive pathways of climate action and help the climate movement articulate with struggles for social and environmental justice.

From small towns facing rising utility costs to global concerns about carbon emissions, the impact of the digital revolution extends well beyond server rooms. As worries and pressures grow over the rapid development of massive data centers, an issue rarely discussed is the impact on communities, particularly from an environmental justice perspective. To date, the focus has primarily been on the energy‐intensive nature of these centers, whether the electric grid can accommodate the increased demand associated with their operation, and on the water usage that may be required to operate them.

Access to environmental information is a fundamental principle of international environmental law, emphasizing transparency and public participation as essential for environmental protection and justice. Despite international initiatives, national legal frameworks vary in providing timely and effective access to such information, which can influence public awareness and environmental responsibility. The purpose of this study is to examine the legal regulation of access to environmental information in the European Union (EU) and several post-Soviet countries. The methodology includes general scientific methods (systemic, analytical, dialectical, formal-logical, and modeling) and specialized legal approaches (historical-legal, comparative-legal, and formal-legal). The study finds that while EU institutions have extensive reporting mechanisms, capacity and awareness gaps limit effective use of environmental data. In post-Soviet countries, legal frameworks often lack mechanisms for early public involvement and effective feedback. Comparative analysis highlights a strong link between national regulations and international norms, with opportunities for legislative improvement and civic empowerment. The study concludes that enhancing access to environmental information can improve transparency, strengthen democratic participation, and support sustainable environmental governance. The paper is relevant for policymakers and scholars seeking to align national legislation with international environmental standards.

ABSTRACT This article examines the pedagogical and political dimensions of grassroots environmental resistance led by Sarmini and women in Nguter, Sukoharjo, Central Java, responding to toxic emissions from PT RUM, a rayon factory operating since 2017. Positioned within decolonial feminist theory and Dialogical Self Theory (DST), the study addresses a gap in feminist education research by foregrounding rural women’s embodied knowledge as a site of ecological learning and political formation. Using ethnographic fieldwork, oral histories, ritual practices, and digital activism, it analyzes how embodied suffering is transformed into collective care, environmental literacy, and gendered resistance. Sarmini’s leadership enables a relational pedagogy that integrates eco-spiritual ethics, maternal labour, protest choreography, and intergenerational storytelling. These practices function as feminist public pedagogy that contests extractive capitalism while reclaiming ecological sovereignty from the margins. Rather than rejecting state institutions outright, the movement enacts a dialogical decolonial strategy, producing counter-hegemonic educational spaces grounded in ancestral ethics, ecological intimacy, and planetary interdependence. By rereading the contemporary rural women’s struggles, the article contributes to feminist pedagogical theory and environmental justice scholarship. It argues that the Nguter movement constitutes an insurgent curriculum that teaches survival, care, and epistemic justice.

Abstract Compound climate events capture the overlap of multiple climate hazards in space, time, or both, which can amplify adverse health outcomes. Despite a strong commitment to climate policy and action, the state of California faces a broad array of these compound climate hazards, and existing adaptation approaches do not yet consider a compound framework for exposures. California is also home to a diverse population with many underserved communities that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate events. This scoping review is the first to comprehensively synthesize existing evidence on compound climate exposures and health in California, analyzing exposures co-occurring in the same place at the same time. We searched the Web of Science and PubMed databases and identified 20 articles analyzing the compound effects of climate stressors including heat, air pollution, wildfire smoke, meteorology, and microclimate factors such as green space. The strongest evidence emerged for the co-occurring effects of heat and air pollution-including wildfire smoke-on various health outcomes, including mortality, hospitalizations, and birth outcomes. Several studies also demonstrated spatial variability in these compounded effects at the neighborhood scale. We found heterogeneity in both exposure assessment techniques for characterizing climate extremes, as well as methods to evaluate effects on the additive or multiplicative scale, limiting comparability across studies. Several studies analyzed equity impacts, providing limited evidence that disadvantaged populations are disproportionately vulnerable to compound health effects. Key gaps remain, however, in evaluating the full extent of environmental justice implications, as well as regional effects. Despite these limitations, current evidence underscores the urgency of preparing California populations, particularly vulnerable communities, with resilience strategies to reduce risks from increasingly frequent and severe co-exposures during compound climate events.

Global climate change, which has triggered sea level rise and extreme abrasion, now poses a real threat to the stability of property rights regimes in coastal areas. This study offers a theoretical contribution to the agrarian law discourse by analyzing the failure of the static legal paradigm in dealing with the dynamics of natural change. Focusing on the city of Pekalongan, Indonesia, this study uses a socio-legal approach that synthesizes normative analysis, empirical field data, and Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping to reveal the legal tension between property certificate holders and the designation of coastal zones. The findings show that the current legal regime suffers from acute sectoral fragmentation; on the one hand, it recognizes the existence of property rights administratively, but on the other hand, it affirms their function through ecological coastal zone policies. This inconsistency creates legal bias against coastal residents. This study argues that the current legal protection model is still inadequate and that there is an urgent need for reconstruction towards an adaptive legal framework. Although some legal protections are in place, they are still insufficient to provide legal certainty for communities and ecological justice. The international relevance of this research lies in offering solutions for island nations in managing tenure conflicts on coastlines that are constantly changing due to the global climate crisis

The contemporary climate crisis is often framed as a scientific, technological or economic challenge, yet at its core it reflects a deeper philosophical and civilizational rupture: humanity’s loss of ecological consciousness. Ancient Indian ecological thought—expressed through the Vedas, Upanishads, epics, Buddhist and Jain traditions, and classical environmental ethics—offered a view of life grounded in interdependence, restraint, and moral responsibility toward nature. This article re-examines that wisdom not as nostalgia but as a conceptual resource for navigating global warming. It argues that ancient Indian thought recognized ecological limits long before modern sustainability discourse emerged, viewing nature as a living, sacred continuum rather than an inert resource. By exploring principles such as ṛta (cosmic order), ahimsa (non-harm), aparigraha (non-possession), lokasaṃgraha (welfare of all), and prithvi dharma (Earth ethics), this study demonstrates how Indian ecological philosophy provides a moral grammar for climate resilience. The article also analyses how industrial modernity’s extractive worldview diverges from these insights, resulting in accelerated ecological collapse. By placing ancient Indian ideas in dialogue with contemporary climate science, environmental justice debates, and global policy failures, the paper shows how this wisdom can enrich climate ethics, inspire alternative development models, and offer a deeply human orientation to planetary survival. The conclusion suggests that the climate crisis is not merely an environmental failure but a civilizational amnesia—and recovering ancient Indian ecological sensibilities may illuminate pathways toward a more sustainable future.

Over the last 20 years, bamboo has been promoted and marketed as an innovative and eco-friendly material, often evoking a sense of responsibility and care for nature. This article broadens understandings of care in forest-human relations, by examining the ecological care work done by peasants and emerging local civil society organizations in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR). Drawing on feminist political ecology and qualitative research conducted in Houaphanh province, we take the Bamboo Program as a case at the intersection of sustainable forest management and development interventions in the Lao PDR. We critically question: 1) the allocation of care for nature to green consumption; 2) the narratives that still represent upland peasants as “unproductive”, “destructive”, and “indifferent” towards forests; and 3) the disregard of care work and reproductive labor in research on forest-based commodities and value chains. Our analysis demonstrates how ecological care work is embedded in everyday material and affective practices that peasants and civil society organizations carry out with(in) the bamboo forests, and how livelihoods and bamboo value chains are dependent on such work. We conclude that recognizing ecological care work is a matter of ecological justice, as it challenges dominant environmental narratives of caring for nature and highlights the everyday practices of maintaining bamboo forests and livelihoods in peri-capitalist spaces.

Land use conflicts are complex phenomena that are not only related to legal and policy issues but also rooted in how humans understand and interpret nature. This study examines land use conflicts through the perspectives of ecological justice and the social construction of nature using a philosophical-critical approach. Drawing on qualitative literature review and critical discourse analysis of environmental philosophy, justice theory, and land-use policy discourse, the study develops a conceptual framework for analyzing how competing constructions of nature shape conflict trajectories. The analysis demonstrates that anthropocentric discourses tend to legitimize exploitative land-use practices and marginalize the intrinsic value and ecological functions of nature. It also identifies a structural clash between state–corporate constructions of land as an economic asset and local/community constructions of land as a socio-cultural and ecological lifeworld, reinforced by power relations and policy regimes that remain insensitive to ecological justice. The study concludes that land-use conflicts reflect systemic ecological injustice and therefore require a philosophical reconstruction of the human-nature relationship, positioning ecological justice as a normative foundation for land governance and sustainable policy formulation.

This study critically examines the ineffectiveness of environmental criminal law policies in protecting Aceh’s customary forests from ongoing destruction. Although Indonesia has established a comprehensive legal framework for environmental protection, deforestation within customary forest areas in Aceh persists, indicating weaknesses in policy implementation and enforcement. This research aims to analyze the structural and normative factors that render environmental criminal law policies ineffective, particularly the lack of integration between state law and Aceh’s customary law. Employing a qualitative socio-legal approach, this study draws on statutory analysis, literature review, in-depth interviews, and field observations within customary forest areas in Aceh. The findings reveal that weak intergovernmental coordination, limited recognition of indigenous forest rights, inadequate law enforcement capacity, and minimal utilization of monitoring technology contribute significantly to forest degradation. Furthermore, the disconnect between formal environmental criminal law and customary forest governance undermines community participation and legal effectiveness. This study argues that current policies remain “unwise” because they prioritize punitive approaches without incorporating customary law values and restorative ecological justice. As a policy solution, the study proposes an integrative framework that harmonizes environmental criminal law with Aceh’s customary law, supported by restorative sanctions and technology-based forest monitoring systems. Strengthening indigenous participation and aligning national regulations with local legal traditions are essential to enhancing legal effectiveness and sustainable forest governance. This research contributes to environmental legal scholarship by offering a contextualized model of pluralistic environmental criminal law reform in Indonesia.

In an era of increasing climate-related threats, the intersection of environmental justice and community development has become more important than ever. This paper examines how environmental justice principles can be integrated into community development practices to ensure fair and inclusive responses to climate change. It begins by clarifying key concepts such as environmental justice, community development, and climate change, highlighting how historically often marginalised communities bear the burden of environmental degradation without equal participation in climate decisions. The paper, grounded in environmental justice theory, argues that fairness, inclusivity, and grassroots participation are essential to addressing environmental challenges effectively. The discussion then shifts to examine the unequal impacts of climate change, which deepen existing social and economic inequalities. It also examines how community development, when rooted in local needs and empowerment, can become a tool for resilience and transformation. The paper highlights practical opportunities to bridge environmental justice and community development, such as through community-based adaptation and inclusive climate planning. It also identifies challenges, including power imbalances, limited resources, and policy gaps, that must be addressed to unlock the full potential of local action. In conclusion, the paper recommends promoting community participation, investing in local leadership, and embedding justice into climate policies. These strategies are vital for creating more equitable, sustainable, and people-centred climate responses. The aim is to inspire policy makers, development practitioners, and researchers to view communities not as passive recipients of aid, but as active partners in climate resilience and justice.

Civil society has long been a catalyst for social change by reshaping structures, influencing values, and challenging power dynamics; however, its role in driving transformative change for biodiversity remains underexplored. To address this gap, we analyze 2,801 socio-environmental mobilizations documented in the Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas). These mobilizations produce diverse outcomes that reveal distinct spatial, temporal, and sectoral patterns and proactively and reactively respond to environmental impacts across the globe. Notably, about 40% of these mobilizations occur within the top 30% of global priority lands for species conservation and their actions contribute to the achievement of key Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets focused on ecosystem protection, restoration, sustainable use, and inclusive spatial planning. Yet, one-third of mobilizations face repression, criminalization, or violence-pressures that are even more common in high-priority conservation areas. Moreover, mobilizations facing repressive outcomes contest environmental threats relevant for the KMGBF targets more extensively than those with progressive outcomes, underscoring the risks faced by movements driving biodiversity protection in critical regions. To amplify the transformative potential of socio-environmental mobilizations, we emphasize the importance of recognizing, strengthening, and protecting them through coordinated action among diverse social actors. By fostering collaboration and targeted resource allocation, these efforts can empower socio-environmental mobilizations to catalyze meaningful and lasting change for biodiversity conservation.

The Bhopal Gas Tragedy stands as a defining moment in the history of industrial disasters, prompting ongoing global discourse on public health, environmental safety, and corporate accountability. This study aims to systematically map and evaluate the scholarly landscape related to the Bhopal Gas Tragedy over a forty-year period (1984–2024), offering a longitudinal perspective on the evolution, diffusion, and thematic transformation of research in this critical area. A total of 301 records were retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science databases and analysed using the Bibliometrix R-package. The analysis focused on publication trends, citation metrics, authorship patterns, international collaborations, and thematic structures through keyword co-occurrence and conceptual mapping. The analysis covers documents published across 218 diverse sources, reflecting a steady annual growth rate of 7.64% and underscoring sustained academic interest. Research output is primarily concentrated in core journals dedicated to industrial safety, environmental protection, and public health, with author productivity patterns revealing a balance between single-authored works and collaborative efforts, though international co-authorship remains relatively low at 6.31%. Thematic evolution showcases a shift from early technical assessments to broader concerns involving environmental justice, public health resilience, and disaster governance. Network and factorial analyses uncover well-defined, interconnected clusters addressing institutional frameworks, chemical exposure, biomedical outcomes, and public health dimensions, emphasizing the field’s interdisciplinary nature. This bibliometric study not only consolidates decades of research on the Bhopal disaster but also identifies underexplored themes and collaboration gaps, offering a foundation for future scholarship on industrial risk, systemic resilience, and sustainable policy frameworks.