The Environmental Justice Project is part of the Economic Justice, Corporate Power and Alternatives Programme. TNI's emerging work on the corporate expansion into air, water and nature as a whole builds on work dating back to the early 1990s on the privatisation of nature, more recent work on critiquing carbon trading, and current work on land and water grabbing. It also links closely to TNI’s new programme on corporate power and accountability. Read more about the project.
Articles
The relationship between Latin American and European social movements
The challenge of social movements to continue working in an articulated way are two of the main issues addressed in this interview with Lucia Ortiz
Cumbre de los Pueblos Chile 2013
The People’s Summit held in Santiago Chile focused on the themes of Social Justice, International Solidarity and the Defense of the Commons. The Summit was organised in parallel to the EU-Latin America (CELAC) official summit where bi-regional investment dominated the agenda.
Publications
Protecting carbon to destroy forests
This paper provides historical background and reports of experiences on the ground to show how land and nature enclosures are central to REDD+, and why it therefore cannot be fixed.
Global Tree Plantation Expansion
The expansion of tree plantations and non-food crops is frequently left out of analysis on land grabbing, but is a crucial part of the picture. This paper provides an up-to-date review of tree plantations worldwide and summarises the latest research and data on their impact.
Vagaries of the uranium market
The global boom in uranium production, with its associated environmental and social costs, has stalled in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Events
June 2013
The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources
The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources
Public lecture by Michael Klare organised by the Transnational Institute
June 9
19:00-21:00
De Brakke Grond (Tuinzaal)
Nes 45, Amsterdam
June 2013
De mondiale wedloop om de allerlaatste grondstoffen
De mondiale wedloop om de allerlaatste grondstoffen
Openbare lezing door Michael Klare, georganiseerd door het Transnational Institute
Zondag 9 Juni
19:00-21:00
De Brakke Grond (Tuinzaal)
Nes 45, Amsterdam
June 2013
Multinational Crimes: The Shell Case
As one of Africa's leading advocates and campaigners for environmental and human rights, Nnimmo Bassey stood up and challenged corporate impunity by Shell and other oil companies in his native Nigeria.
News
Europe cannot drill its way to a low-carbon economy, say climate justice groups
21 May 2013
The European Union (EU) and their national governments are set to discuss increased shale gas extraction in Europe which will increase environmental and social harm as well as dangerous climate change.
Mirjam van Reisen benoemd tot nieuw bestuurslid Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken (AIV)
3 May 2013
Net voor haar abdicatie heeft Koningin Beatrix Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Reisen beëdigd als bestuurslid Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken (AIV) en daarbinnen voorzitter Commissie Ontwikkelingssamenwerking; het instituut dat de regering en de Staten-Generaal adviseert over het buitenlandse beleid.
Climate change, energy security and arms trade
25 April 2013
While it is increasingly clear that climate change is an irreversible processes that will hit people and the environment hard, the defence industry sees new profit opportunities.
