ENVIRONMENT
Globalization and the concept of
“environmental justice”
Imran Hasnat*
Environmental scholars using these
terms often fail to draw meaningful
distinctions among them. I argue that
this multiplicity of phrases signifies
more than an inadvertent inflation of
terminology. The terminological
diversity we encounter in IR literature
actually corresponds to different
modes of environmental justice in
world politics. Environmental issues
in world politics are often studied
along three spatial dimensions:
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borders: ―global environmental
justice,‖ ―transnational environmental
justice,‖ ―international environmental
justice,‖
and
―international
environmental equity.‖
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All environmental problems in one
way or another are involved in the
question of justice. The concept of
―environmental justice‖ has been in
circulation for some time underlining
the
justice
dimension
of
environmental issues. Given the
globalization
of
environmental
problems
since
1970s,
the
environmental justice discourse has
been increasingly used to frame
various international or global
environmental issues like toxic waste
trade, ozone depletion, biodiversity
protection, and global warming.
There is now quite a number of
phrases that can help us to think
environmental justice outside state