ABSTRACT
Two aspects of the question of environmental justice are worth mentioning such as eco-citizenship and the change in Western religions' approach to the ecological crisis. Environmental norms disseminate and appear on the political agenda as a result of concerns expressed by a variety of actors, notably the environmental scientist's, the political scientist's, the politician's, the concerned citizen's, and the ethicist's. 'Environmental scientist' here refers to those researchers, primarily natural but also social scientists, who are studying issues related to global change and global environmental problems. Politics is part and parcel of the environment. It is the concern of a great variety of actors, among which governments naturally stand out. The nature of global environmental change and the solutions that one adopts to face it have political consequences for the way societies govern themselves, the distribution of values and resources, the definition of the common good, the distribution of power among groups, and the relationship between the individual and the collective.
