An increasingly warmer, unfairly structured and environmentally interdependent planet

  1. María Ascensión García Ruis
  2. Nigel South
  3. Gema Varona
Journal:
REC: Revista Electrónica de Criminología

ISSN: 2695-2882

Year of publication: 2024

Issue: 9

Pages: 1-3

Type: Editorial

More publications in: REC: Revista Electrónica de Criminología

Abstract

The past decade has been marked by a myriad of structural, social, and economic changes, all of which are closely linked to significant anthropogenic environmental degradation. In other words, the geological period known as the Anthropocene (Crutzen, 2006) has altered the conditions that make Earth habitable, forcing the most vulnerable living beings out of their natural habitats. In addition, an increase in environmental and climate litigation appears to be growing worldwide, particularly relevant in the case of the Global South, as a means of controlling, adjusting, and comprehending the rapidly changing reality of this transformation (Global Climate Litigation Report, 2023: Status Review).