ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the hegemonic political and corporate power of Northern elites and the ways in which such governing principles substantially and unjustly contributes to environmental degradation and destruction in the Global South. It examines the pervasiveness of climate denial in certain Northern corridors of power and how such rationales victimise and deprive peoples of the Global South of their fundamental human rights. The chapter also examines the inequitable distribution of the impacts of climate change, with poorer nations, notably in the Global South, experiencing the disproportionate amount of 'natural disasters', forced migration, and scarcity of essential natural resources. The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona coordinates the Environmental Justice Atlas, the world's largest database that identifies and catalogues social conflicts emerging from environmental injustice. Criminology is part of the global challenge, specifically green criminology that has blossomed into a range of critical perspectives examining environmental concerns within notions of power, harm, and justice.
