The human cost of working in a slaughterhouse

In this compelling piece, Björn Jóhann Ólafsson explores the exploitative nature of animal slaughterhouses, highlighting their devastating impact on human life.

Environmentjfa16 January 2023Comment

In the UK, outdoor swimmers are challenging outdated laws and advocating for access rights

Rita Borg

Before Covid-19, Outdoor swimming was seen as a niche hobby. Now, swimmers are championing for better environmental and access rights in the UK.

Environmentjfa17 February 2022Comment

The way we think about environmental issues is wrong

Alienor Hammer

Only rare success stories exist amidst the ever-increasing number of unresolved environmental issues threatening our planet. Every time an environment-related issue is identified, mitigation efforts are targeted at reducing the environmental hazard, but do not address the structural inequalities that place individuals in a position of vulnerability in the first place.

Environmentjfa1 May 2019Comment

The case of the Mekong River

Michael Shyer

For communities situated along the banks of the Mekong, the river plays multiple roles. It is the historical, artistic and cultural root for many local peoples, and simultaneously supplies the region’s fresh water and plays host to the world’s largest inland fishery. Over the past few decades, it has also become an important source of hydroelectric power and a target for development projects.

Environmentjfa1 May 2019Comment

How ‘nature’ is racialised: environmental justice and CO2lonialism in Brazil

Arzucan Askin

Racial thinking shapes the spaces in which we live and the way we perceive the environment. The concept of ‘race’ is inseparable from contemporary environmental issues and inherently linked to colonial legacies. In Brazil, racial discrimination is deeply intertwined with development and the protection of the Amazon rainforest.

Environmentjfa1 May 2019

Climate change and human migration: policy & legal implications

Adela Jones

Try and imagine our world in 2050.

Environmentjfa28 April 2019

COP24 and human rights: a lost battle?

Julia Ryng

Several months have passed since the Polish presidency jumped for joy at the conclusion of the 2018 United Nations climate conference, COP24 in Katowice, Poland. For some however, the cheerful reaction may have been premature.

Environmentjfa7 April 2019

The human cost of wildlife conservation

Arzucan Askin

Around the world, people, often indigenous, are becoming “conservation refugees” forced to leave their ancestral homelands for the creation of protected areas and wildlife reserves. Through this process of displacement, conservation has created racialized citizens and politicized landscapes.

Environmentjfa7 April 2019