- Aarhus University, Departement of Law, Department MemberEuropean Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC), Institute for Comparative Federalism, Department Member, and 4 moreadd
- Postdoctoral fellow at Public Law Department with a background in Public, Comparative and International Law, based in... morePostdoctoral fellow at Public Law Department with a background in Public, Comparative and International Law, based in Tarragona (Spain). My current research investigates climate-induced migration from the EU and gender perspective.edit
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This article examines the misrecognition of climate refugees as a form of climate coloniality, through the lens of decolonial environmental justice (EJ). I address two research questions: (1) Why is climate refugeehood a matter of... more
This article examines the misrecognition of climate refugees as a form of climate coloniality, through the lens of decolonial environmental justice (EJ). I address two research questions: (1) Why is climate refugeehood a matter of decolonial EJ? (2) How can decolonial EJ contribute to overcoming the colonial impasse that prevents the expansion of the notion of a refugee in international law? This case of climate coloniality is examined through the tripartite notion of the coloniality of power, knowledge, and being to decolonize the concept of refugeehood while rethinking the current model of responsibility and the subjects entitled to it.
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This book explores who climate refugees are and how environmental justice might be used to overcome legal obstacles preventing them from being recognized at an international level. Francesca Rosignoli begins by exploring the conceptual... more
This book explores who climate refugees are and how environmental justice might be used to overcome legal obstacles preventing them from being recognized at an international level. Francesca Rosignoli begins by exploring the conceptual and complex issues that surround the very existence of climate refugees and investigates the magnitude of the phenomenon in its current and future estimates. Reframing the debate using an environment justice perspective, she examines who has the responsibility of assisting climate refugees (state vs non-state actors), the various legal solutions available and the political scenarios that should be advanced in order to govern this issue in the long term. Overall, Environmental Justice for Climate Refugees presents a critical interrogation of how this specific strand of forced migration is currently categorized by existing legal, ethical and political definitions, and highlights the importance of applying a justice perspective to this issue. Exploring the phenomenon of climate refugees through a multi-disciplinary lens, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental migration and displacement, environmental politics and governance, and refugee studies.
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Climate migration is an emerging policymaking area not yet regulated by European Law. Given the absence of a legally-binding treaty governing this phenomenon, the scope of this study focuses on policy documents issued by the most relevant... more
Climate migration is an emerging policymaking area not yet regulated by European Law. Given the absence of a legally-binding treaty governing this phenomenon, the scope of this study focuses on policy documents issued by the most relevant European Institutions: the EU Commission, EU Parliament, and the Council. Thanks to this document-based analysis, the present contribution will show the different roles the selected EU institutions played and whether they have a common denominator. The main findings show that despite the different ontologies and approaches, the selected EU institutions seem to converge into a significant securitization of climate migration, with scant attention to gender and environmental justice within the most relevant EU documents concerning migration and asylum. Indeed, such perspectives are more likely to be mentioned in EU policy documents dedicated to gender but are not integrated into the migration policies where they would matter. A detailed analysis of th...
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Climate migration is an emerging policymaking area not yet regulated by European Law. Given the absence of a legally-binding treaty governing this phenomenon, the scope of this study focuses on policy documents issued by the most relevant... more
Climate migration is an emerging policymaking area not yet regulated by European Law. Given the absence of a legally-binding treaty governing this phenomenon, the scope of this study focuses on policy documents issued by the most relevant European Institutions: the EU Commission, EU Parliament, and the Council. Thanks to this document-based analysis, the present contribution will show the different roles the selected EU institutions played and whether they have a common denominator. The main findings show that despite the different ontologies and approaches, the selected EU institutions seem to converge into a significant securitization of climate migration, with scant attention to gender and environmental justice within the most relevant EU documents concerning migration and asylum. Indeed, such perspectives are more likely to be mentioned in EU policy documents dedicated to gender but are not integrated into the migration policies where they would matter. A detailed analysis of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum reveals its 3
substantially gender and environmental justice-blind approach despite the gender mainstreaming ontology that has been invoked in numerous policy documents largely focused on gender.
substantially gender and environmental justice-blind approach despite the gender mainstreaming ontology that has been invoked in numerous policy documents largely focused on gender.
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The 2021 World Bank report warns that without early climate action, climate change could force 216 million people across six world regions to move within their countries by 2050. The current trend of internal displacements also confirms... more
The 2021 World Bank report warns that without early climate action, climate change could force 216 million people across six world regions to move within their countries by 2050. The current trend of internal displacements also confirms this estimate. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, disasters triggered more than 60 percent of internal displacements recorded worldwide in 2021, while more than 94 percent resulted from weather-related hazards. Despite the increasing number of so-called climate refugees, legal proposals advanced so far, including multilateral treaties, are seemingly being disregarded by the international community. Since states have the power but not the interest in recognizing climate refugees, alternative actors should be considered to provide feasible solutions to this growing problem.
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This volume has documented what is described in the Introduction as the ""glocal" turn in climate governance". The complexity of climate change is not limited to the scientific conundrum of what actions are needed to avoid tipping points... more
This volume has documented what is described in the Introduction as the ""glocal" turn in climate governance". The complexity of climate change is not limited to the scientific conundrum of what actions are needed to avoid tipping points and maintain increases in average global temperatures below 2°C, or preferably 1.5°C, but also, as evidenced in this volume, to the intricacy of its governance. Climate change is regulated at different levels of government, from the international to the local, and, most fundamentally, is not a unitary subject matter. Mitigation and adaptation macro-goals need to be realized in the context of traditional policies, which in some key sectors, such as transport, energy and water, and spatial planning, are heavily influenced by subnational policy-making. Hence, the importance of the subnational level. Notwithstanding the formal division of powers described in Chapters 2 and 3, this volume has demonstrated that classical debates on the division of competences between the national and subnational levels are not conclusive when it comes to explaining how climate policy integration (cpi) is realized at subnational level. Climate policy measures have so high a degree of policy complexity, with one single issue touching upon different powers, that the question of which policy level is competent to address climate change not only has to be determined on a case-by-case basis but also has no explanatory powers when it comes to understanding how cpi unfolds. cpi needs to be studied at the micro-level with attention to the formal and informal dynamics that underpin policy-making in climate-related matters. Hence the need to examine how cpi is realized in the study areas that we selected due to both their geographical and institutional characteristics, i.e. the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano in Italy, and the Länder Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria.
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Il presente contributo propone una ricostruzione delle origini della giustizia ambientale in Italia, della sua evoluzione e dei suoi possibili sviluppi. A partire dalla figura di Danilo Dolci, vero precursore della giustizia ambientale in... more
Il presente contributo propone una ricostruzione delle origini della giustizia ambientale in Italia, della sua evoluzione e dei suoi possibili sviluppi. A partire dalla figura di Danilo Dolci, vero precursore della giustizia ambientale in Italia, il contributo procede con una genealogia e topografia dei casi più rilevanti di ingiustizie ambientali attraverso la descrizione di casi e delle figure che hanno combattuto e raccontato le ingiustizie ambientali subite dalle comunità più fragili. Tra linee di continuità e discontinuità emerse dai diversi casi di studio e dalle diverse fasi storiche, questo contributo trova nel caso italiano una specificità sintetizzata dal trinomio criminalità, ingiustizie ambientali, impatti sulla salute. La comprensione dell’eredità storica, dei meccanismi di trasmissione e di mantenimento delle ingiustizie ambientali può offrire ai decisori politici un contributo per pianificare e attuare una transizione ecologica che non sia soltanto efficace ma sia soprattutto giusta.
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Questo numero della rivista Socioscapes prende in esame il razzismo ambientale nel mondo di oggi, con particolare attenzione alle sue conseguenze sulla salute delle popolazioni di colore e alle disuguaglianze razziali di salute.
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Pubblicato per primo da The Annual Review of Public Health (per gentile concessione) con il titolo originale “Environmental Justice: Human Health and Environmental Inequalities”, 2006, 27, 103-124 (autori David Pellow e Robert Brulle).... more
Pubblicato per primo da The Annual Review of Public Health (per gentile concessione) con il titolo originale “Environmental Justice: Human Health and Environmental Inequalities”, 2006, 27, 103-124 (autori David Pellow e Robert Brulle). Traduzione di Francesca Rosignoli.
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Main purpose of this study is to build an environmental justice composite indicator derived from the inclusion of air quality, demographic and health indexes, in order to assess the existence of environmental inequities across the Italian... more
Main purpose of this study is to build an environmental justice composite indicator derived from the inclusion of air quality, demographic and health indexes, in order to assess the existence of environmental inequities across the Italian provinces. The development of this environmental justice indicator may be useful to assist policymakers in identifying territorial areas with disproportionate environmental burdens that might need targeted policy interventions to address adverse impacts on the affected populations.
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Il presente articolo è tratto dalla tesi di dottorato "A Theory of Justice for Environmental Justice. A Comparative Analysis between Italy and Germany". L'obiettivo principale di questo contributo è esaminare il dibattito... more
Il presente articolo è tratto dalla tesi di dottorato "A Theory of Justice for Environmental Justice. A Comparative Analysis between Italy and Germany". L'obiettivo principale di questo contributo è esaminare il dibattito sulla giustizia ambientale in Italia, l’evoluzione del concetto e le sue radici storiche. A tal fine, viene fornita un'indagine sistematica della letteratura e un’analisi delle caratteristiche chiave della giustizia ambientale in Italia. Osservando l'ascesa dei primi movimenti per la giustizia ambientale, una particolare attenzione è dedicata all'impegno sociale di Danilo Dolci durante il dopoguerra. L’articolo presenta infatti una rilettura della figura di Dolci non solo come attivista dell’antimafia e della non violenza, ma anche come padre della giustizia ambientale in Italia.Parole chiave: empowerment collettivo, Danilo Dolci, giustizia ambientale, conflitti ambientali, politiche ambientali.The present article is retrieved from my doct...
Due to its complexity, climate-induced migration can be explored from different angles and disciplines. Over the last decades, scholars and practitioners engaged with this topic have extensively discussed the terminology in use, the... more
Due to its complexity, climate-induced migration can be explored from different angles and disciplines. Over the last decades, scholars and practitioners engaged with this topic have extensively discussed the terminology in use, the (still) controversial link between human mobility and climate change, and the legal status of those fleeing environmental disruptions. However, a comprehensive understanding of the justice-related angle of this issue seems underdeveloped. What precisely is the ‘injustice’ where people forced to migrate because of slow-onset, rapid-onset, or extreme weather-related events are concerned? The following chapter seeks to answer this question by examining climate-induced migration through the lens of environmental justice (EJ). To this end, the chapter proceeds first by analyzing the EJ paradigm, its origin, and its main features. Second, it justifies the choice of using this concept by emphasizing how its multi-disciplinary nature, multi-dimensional understanding of justice, and multi-scale (spatial and temporal) approach well suit climate-induced migration. Finally, it presents a proposal to remedy the injustice of climate-induced migration with an EJ-oriented pathway. This proposal introduces a community-based EJ approach rooted in the notion of collective capabilities.
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Seal of Excellence 2022 for the project “Flood of Climate Migrants, desert in International Governance? The policy-making discourses of the actors of governance” submitted under the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions call... more
Seal of Excellence 2022
for the project “Flood of Climate Migrants, desert in International Governance? The policy-making discourses of the actors of governance”
submitted under the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions call
HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 — MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021
for the project “Flood of Climate Migrants, desert in International Governance? The policy-making discourses of the actors of governance”
submitted under the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions call
HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 — MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021
Due to its complexity, climate-induced migration can be explored from different angles and disciplines. Over the last decades, scholars and practitioners engaged with this topic have extensively discussed the terminology in use, the... more
Due to its complexity, climate-induced migration can be explored from different angles and disciplines. Over the last decades, scholars and practitioners engaged with this topic have extensively discussed the terminology in use, the (still) controversial link between human mobility and climate change, and the legal status of those fleeing environmental disruptions. However, a comprehensive understanding of the justice-related angle of this issue seems underdeveloped. What precisely is the ‘injustice’ where people forced to migrate because of slow-onset, rapid-onset, or extreme weather-related events are concerned? The following chapter seeks to answer this question by examining climate-induced migration through the lens of environmental justice (EJ). To this end, the chapter proceeds first by analyzing the EJ paradigm, its origin, and its main features. Second, it justifies the choice of using this concept by emphasizing how its multi-disciplinary nature, multi-dimensional understanding of justice, and multi-scale (spatial and temporal) approach well suit climate-induced migration. Finally, it presents a proposal to remedy the injustice of climate-induced migration with an EJ-oriented pathway. This proposal introduces a community-based EJ approach rooted in the notion of collective capabilities.
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The present article is retrieved from my doctoral dissertation entitled “A Theory of Justice for Environmental Justice. A Comparative Analysis between Italy and Germany”. The main goal of this paper is to shed a light on the EJ discourse... more
The present article is retrieved from my doctoral dissertation entitled “A Theory of Justice for Environmental Justice. A Comparative Analysis between Italy and Germany”. The main goal of this paper is to shed a light on the EJ discourse in Italy, its evolutionary scheme, and historical roots. To this end, a systematic survey of the literature, as well as a portrait of the major strengths and key features of the EJ in Italy are provided. By looking at the rise of the EJ movements in Italy, a particular attention is devoted to Danilo Dolci's social commitment during the postwar period. Indeed, an expanded reading of Dolci not only as an anti-mafia and non-violent activist but also as the father of EJ in Italy is provided. Keywords : Collective empowerment, Danilo Dolci, Environmental Justice, environmental conflicts, environmental policies. Il presente articolo e tratto dalla tesi di dottorato "A Theory of Justice for Environmental Justice. A Comparative Analysis between Ita...
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Environmental Justice (EJ) in Italy is still an underdeveloped topic by academics. Notwithstanding a narrow range of works in the frame of environmental justice has been published over the years, contributions are more likely to be... more
Environmental Justice (EJ) in Italy is still an underdeveloped topic by academics. Notwithstanding a narrow range of works in the frame of environmental justice has been published over the years, contributions are more likely to be isolated. The reasons giving evidence of that are: (1) the lack of a systematic survey of the literature; (2) the absence of an interpretative effort aimed at showing the major strength and key features of the environmental justice in Italy. The main goal of this article is to fill this gap by providing both the state-of-the-art related to the existing literature on EJ in Italy and an interpretation of the centrality of the conflict (and its positive evaluation) in the Italian discourse on EJ within the framework of the Italian theory.
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Il contributo che segue offre un quadro complessivo dei diversi approcci e strategie attuate rispettivamente in Germania e in Italia nel settore dei rifiuti. Utilizzando un doppio binario di comparazione che combina, da un lato la... more
Il contributo che segue offre un quadro complessivo dei diversi approcci e strategie attuate rispettivamente in Germania e in Italia nel settore dei rifiuti. Utilizzando un doppio binario di comparazione che combina, da un lato la prospettiva della filosofia del diritto e dall’altra quella più strettamente giuridica, l’analisi qui proposta evidenzia l’esistenza di due modelli distinti che ruotano attorno a una diversa interpretazione del termine ‘responsabilità’ e una diversa interpretazione e implementazione della normativa comunitaria sui rifiuti.
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The communities residing close to industrially contaminated sites are often affected by several fragilities, particularly of a socioeconomic nature. The disadvantaged conditions have often resulted from their marginalization in the... more
The communities residing close to industrially contaminated sites are often affected by several fragilities, particularly of a socioeconomic nature. The disadvantaged conditions have often resulted from their marginalization in the decision-making related to the industrialization processes and may persist even when action is taken to limit the harmful consequences for the natural and social environment. Exposure to contaminants and the resulting health risks often regard socioeconomic deprived communities or the most disadvantaged subgroups, generating conditions of environmental injustice. This paper reports the results of a multidisciplinary reflection focusing on the Italian context. It describes how the national epidemiological surveillance system of communities residing close to industrially contaminated sites (named SENTIERI) and local epidemiological surveillance systems can be implemented to document local conditions of distributive injustice (inequalities in harmful exposur...
In recent years, a growing body of literature has started to take up the issue of collectivity within the capability approach, by particularly examining the notion of collective capabilities, the reasons for using this concept, its... more
In recent years, a growing body of literature has started to take up the issue of collectivity within the capability approach, by particularly examining the notion of collective capabilities, the reasons for using this concept, its critiques and limitations. However, a proper categorization of collective capabilities aiming at defining which types of capabilities actually are, is rarely studied. The goal of this contribution is to fill such gap by categorizing collective capabilities as well as providing a specific list of collective combined capabilities. The list includes two collective capabilities: the 'resistant capability' and the 'resilient capability'. After having briefly outlined the most recent contributions of the capability theorists for including the issue of the collectivity within the Capability Approach (CA), I then proceed as follows. First, I examine what collective capabilities are and why they matter for the CA. Second, I provide a categorization...
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The communities residing close to industrially contaminated sites are often affected by several fragilities, particularly of a socioeconomic nature. The disadvantaged conditions have often resulted from their marginalization in the... more
The communities residing close to industrially contaminated sites are often affected by several fragilities, particularly of a socioeconomic nature. The disadvantaged conditions have often resulted from their marginalization in the decision-making related to the industrialization processes and may persist even when action is taken to limit the harmful consequences for the natural and social environment. Exposure to contaminants and the resulting health risks often regard socioeconomic deprived communities or the most disadvantaged subgroups, generating conditions of environmental injustice. This paper reports the results of a multidisciplinary reflection focusing on the Italian context. It describes how the national epidemiological surveillance system of communities residing close to industrially contaminated sites (named SENTIERI) and local epidemiological surveillance systems can be implemented to document local conditions of distributive injustice (inequalities in harmful exposures and consequent health risks). Furthermore, it analyses the mechanisms for generating and maintaining marginalities that prevent local communities from participating in decision-making processes (procedural injustice). Finally, after having identified and described the dimensions of community capacity, which concern both to the understanding of the adverse effects of environmental contamination and to the capability of promoting interventions against environmental injustices, it proposes an environmental justice promotion approach that starts from mapping the dimensions of community capacity as a premise to the identification of interventions for community empowerment.
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While the term environmental justice has different nuances of meaning for activists, academics,and politicians, most agree that it encompasses the need for a healthy environment for all with the samedegree of protection from environmental... more
While the term environmental justice has different nuances of meaning for activists, academics,and politicians, most agree that it encompasses the need for a healthy environment for all with the samedegree of protection from environmental risks and with equal access to environmental goods. This is in linewith sustainability goals to fulll the needs of the present without compromising the future. Research iscurrently underway to dene and assess how environmental justice will be incorporated into the future ofsustainability practices.
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In recent years, a growing body of literature has started to take up the issue of collectivity within the capability approach, by particularly examining the notion of collective capabilities, the reasons for using this concept, its... more
In recent years, a growing body of literature has started to take up the issue of collectivity
within the capability approach, by particularly examining the notion of collective capabilities, the reasons
for using this concept, its critiques and limitations. However, a proper categorization of collective capabilities aiming at defining which types of capabilities actually are, is rarely studied. The goal of this contribution is to fill such gap by categorizing collective capabilities as well as providing a specific list of collective
combined capabilities. The list includes two collective capabilities: the ‘resistant capability’ and the ‘resilient capability’. After having briefly outlined the most recent contributions of the capability theorists for
including the issue of the collectivity within the Capability Approach (CA), I then proceed as follows. First, I
examine what collective capabilities are and why they matter for the CA. Second, I provide a categorization
of collective capabilities based on the ontological difference between collective and individual capabilities.
Third, the resulting extension of Nussbaum’s version of the CA is carried out by including a specific list for
collective combined capabilities. Finally, I investigate how this extension affects Nussbaum’s CA.
within the capability approach, by particularly examining the notion of collective capabilities, the reasons
for using this concept, its critiques and limitations. However, a proper categorization of collective capabilities aiming at defining which types of capabilities actually are, is rarely studied. The goal of this contribution is to fill such gap by categorizing collective capabilities as well as providing a specific list of collective
combined capabilities. The list includes two collective capabilities: the ‘resistant capability’ and the ‘resilient capability’. After having briefly outlined the most recent contributions of the capability theorists for
including the issue of the collectivity within the Capability Approach (CA), I then proceed as follows. First, I
examine what collective capabilities are and why they matter for the CA. Second, I provide a categorization
of collective capabilities based on the ontological difference between collective and individual capabilities.
Third, the resulting extension of Nussbaum’s version of the CA is carried out by including a specific list for
collective combined capabilities. Finally, I investigate how this extension affects Nussbaum’s CA.
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The present article is retrieved from my doctoral dissertation entitled " A Theory of Justice for Environmental Justice. A Comparative Analysis between Italy and Germany ". The main goal of this paper is to shed a light on the EJ... more
The present article is retrieved from my doctoral dissertation entitled " A Theory of Justice for Environmental Justice. A Comparative Analysis between Italy and Germany ". The main goal of this paper is to shed a light on the EJ discourse in Italy, its evolutionary scheme, and historical roots. To this end, a systematic survey of the literature, as well as a portrait of the major strengths and key features of the EJ in Italy are provided. By looking at the rise of the EJ movements in Italy, a particular attention is devoted to Danilo Dolci's social commitment during the postwar period. Indeed, an expanded reading of Dolci not only as an anti-mafia and non-violent activist but also as the father of EJ in Italy is provided.
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Environmental Justice (EJ) in Italy is still an underdeveloped topic by academics. Notwithstanding a narrow range of works in the frame of environmental justice has been published over the years, contributions are more likely to be... more
Environmental Justice (EJ) in Italy is still an underdeveloped topic by academics. Notwithstanding a narrow range of works in the frame of environmental justice has been published over the years, contributions are more likely to be isolated. The reasons giving evidence of that are: (1) the lack of a systematic survey of the literature; (2) the absence of an interpretative effort aimed at showing the major strength and key features of the environmental justice in Italy. The main goal of this article is to fill this gap by providing both the state-of-the-art related to the existing literature on EJ in Italy and an interpretation of the centrality of the conflict (and its positive evaluation) in the Italian discourse on EJ within the framework of the Italian theory.
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Il contributo che segue offre un quadro complessivo dei diversi approcci e strategie attuate rispettivamente in Germania e in Italia nel settore dei rifiuti. Utilizzando un doppio binario di comparazione che combina, da un lato la... more
Il contributo che segue offre un quadro complessivo dei diversi approcci e strategie attuate rispettivamente in Germania e in Italia nel settore dei rifiuti. Utilizzando un doppio binario di comparazione che combina, da un lato la prospettiva della filosofia del diritto e dall'altra quella più strettamente giuridica, l'analisi qui proposta evidenzia l'esistenza di due modelli distinti che ruotano attorno a una diversa interpretazione del termine 'responsabilità' e una diversa interpretazione e implementazione della normativa comunitaria sui rifiuti.
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Questo numero della rivista Socioscapes prende in esame il razzismo ambientale nel mondo di oggi, con particolare attenzione alle sue conseguenze sulla salute delle popolazioni di colore e alle disuguaglianze razziali di salute. This... more
Questo numero della rivista Socioscapes prende in esame il razzismo ambientale nel mondo di oggi, con particolare attenzione alle sue conseguenze sulla salute delle popolazioni di colore e alle disuguaglianze razziali di salute.
This special issue of the Journal Socioscapes examines environmental racism
in today's world, with particular attention to its consequences on the health of Bipoc and on racial health inequalities.
This special issue of the Journal Socioscapes examines environmental racism
in today's world, with particular attention to its consequences on the health of Bipoc and on racial health inequalities.
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This special issue of the Journal Socioscapes examines environmental racism in today's world, with particular attention to its consequences on the health of black populations (Bipoc) and racial health inequalities.
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This book explores who climate refugees are and how environmental justice might be used to overcome legal obstacles preventing them from being recognized at an international level. Francesca Rosignoli begins by exploring the conceptual... more
This book explores who climate refugees are and how environmental justice might be used to overcome legal obstacles preventing them from being recognized at an international level.
Francesca Rosignoli begins by exploring the conceptual and complex issues that surround the very existence of climate refugees and investigates the magnitude of the phenomenon in its current and future estimates. Reframing the debate using an environment justice perspective, she examines who has the responsibility of assisting climate refugees (state vs non-state actors), the various legal solutions available and the political scenarios that should be advanced in order to govern this issue in the long term. Overall, Environmental Justice for Climate Refugees presents a critical interrogation of how this specific strand of forced migration is currently categorized by existing legal, ethical and political definitions, and highlights the importance of applying a justice perspective to this issue.
Exploring the phenomenon of climate refugees through a multi-disciplinary lens, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental migration and displacement, environmental politics and governance, and refugee studies.
Francesca Rosignoli begins by exploring the conceptual and complex issues that surround the very existence of climate refugees and investigates the magnitude of the phenomenon in its current and future estimates. Reframing the debate using an environment justice perspective, she examines who has the responsibility of assisting climate refugees (state vs non-state actors), the various legal solutions available and the political scenarios that should be advanced in order to govern this issue in the long term. Overall, Environmental Justice for Climate Refugees presents a critical interrogation of how this specific strand of forced migration is currently categorized by existing legal, ethical and political definitions, and highlights the importance of applying a justice perspective to this issue.
Exploring the phenomenon of climate refugees through a multi-disciplinary lens, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental migration and displacement, environmental politics and governance, and refugee studies.
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Cosa significa giustizia ambientale? Da dove trae origine tale concetto? Il saggio di Francesca Rosignoli cerca di rispondere a questi interrogativi tracciando una geografia delle disuguaglianze ambientali che si snoda dagli Stati Uniti... more
Cosa significa giustizia ambientale? Da dove trae origine tale concetto? Il saggio di Francesca Rosignoli cerca di rispondere a questi interrogativi tracciando una geografia delle disuguaglianze ambientali che si snoda dagli Stati Uniti all’Europa. Un’attenzione particolare è riservata all’Italia, dove fu Danilo Dolci il primo a porre la questione delle politiche ambientali come mezzo per combattere la povertà, le ingiustizie sociali e la criminalità organizzata. Questa riflessione importante, che ricostruisce la genesi e lo sviluppo della battaglia in favore dell’ambiente, mette in luce i rischi a cui sono esposte le società contemporanee offrendo un punto di vista inedito: quello delle comunità più ferite.