Critical Notes on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development

Subject Areas : environmental low

Payman Namamian ¹ , sobhan tayebi ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Faculty Economic & Administrative Sciences, Arak University, Arak, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Lecturer in Environmental Law, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2018-03-21 Accepted : 2018-12-05 Published : 2020-10-22

Keywords: environmental justice, Rights, Environment, Sustainable development,

Abstract :

The international community is increasingly facing environmental problems such as deforestation, global warming, environmental pollution, species extinction and desertification, and more. The development of human society over the centuries has been such that it cannot rely solely on the environment. In this regard, economic, scientific and technological development is formed in space and time. In the course of this development, according to human concerns, sustainability is an issue that guarantees the rights of future generations. Although the frameworks of solidarity law have also taken great strides in this direction, the appropriate conditions have not been sufficient in any way. Hence, the spatial and temporal nature of human development has raised concerns about human rights and the environment. Using conceptual analysis, this article critically examines the concepts of environmental justice and sustainable development and proves that development is meaningful in terms of issues such as respect for the environment and respect for human rights against the environment. This article concludes that global happiness and prosperity can only be achieved in an atmosphere of understanding between nations on the basis that the protection of the environment and its sustainability is a matter of respect for environmental rights. Therefore, one of the suggestions of this article is to establish efforts related to sustainable development based on environmental justice.

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