A dam in a lush, green valley with mountains in the background, water behind the dam, and a drained spillway in the foreground.

Geographies of Green Capitalism

From the resurgence of hydropower to the expansion of carbon credit schemes and green finance, green initiatives aim to reshape the relationship between value and nature. These approaches promise climate solutions while also expanding markets, tying global economies to rural landscapes in uneven ways. How are these value–nature relations transforming today’s mode of accumulation? What conflicts and resistances do they generate across the North–South divide?

A person in yellow and black attire, wearing a hat and boots, is standing on a small concrete platform at the edge of a lake. The individual appears to be working with a piece of equipment inside a blue metal frame structure. The background features lush green hills, trees, and a cloudy sky reflected in the calm water of the lake.

Political Ecologies of Water

Rivers are contested terrains where policies, technologies, and community practices clash over energy, infrastructure, and conservation. At stake are fundamental questions of who can access, use, and control the riverine resources, and which ways of living with water are sustained or made impossible. How do water, land, and energy policies shape rivers and livelihoods? What conflicts and alternative governance frameworks emerge from these interventions?

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Environmental and Climate Justice

Struggles for environmental and climate justice build on the legacies of past injustices and earlier struggles. By reactivating older repertoires of claims and strategies for political action, today’s activists connect historical struggles with current demands for a just socio-ecological transition. How do memories of past injustices shape present debates on environmental and climate justice? In what ways do earlier strategies and repertoires persist in today’s just-transition activism?