Foreword by Boaventura de Sousa Santos; 1. Intersections of environmental justice and sustainable development: framing the issues Sumudu Atapattu, Carmen G. Gonzalez and Sara L. Seck; Part I. Frameworks: 2. The indivisibility of human dignity and sustainability Erin Daly and James R May; 3. Environmental justice in the global south Usha Natarajan; 4. Indigenous environmental justice and sustainability Deborah McGregor; 5. Racial capitalism and the anthropocene Carmen G Gonzalez; 6. Human rights and socio-ecological justice through a vulnerability lens Louis J K-otzé; 7. Social-ecological resilience and its relation to the social pillar of sustainable development Barbara Cosens; 8. Environmental justice and sustainability: the United States experience Robin Morris Collin and Robert W. Collin; Part II. Case studies; strategies, challenges and vulnerable groups: 9. The role of public interest litigation in realizing environmental justice in South Asia: selected cases as guidance in implementing agenda 2030 Shyami Puvimanasinghe; 10. Children's rights or intergenerational equity? exploring children's place in environmental justice Mona Paré; 11. Managing water as life in Guatemala: lessons on environmental justice from Totonicapán Patrícia Galvão Ferreira and Mario Mancilla; 12. Indigenous ancestors. Recognizing legal personality of nature as a reconciliation strategy for connective sustainable governance Jacinta Ruru; 13. Water justice and the social pillar of sustainable development: the case of Israel Tamar Meshel; 14. Gender, indigeneity, and the search for environmental justice in post-colonial Africa Damilola S Olawuyi; 15. Colombo international financial city: an example of un-sustainability and in-justice Lakshman Guruswamy, Joshua C Gellers and Sumudu Atapattu; 16. Chemical pollution and the role of international law in a future detoxified Sabaa Ahmed Khan; 17. China's cancer villages Quoc Nguyen, Linda Tsang, Tseming Yang; 18. Colonialism, environmental injustice, and sustainable development: nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands Antonio Pigrau; 19.The Vedanta (Niyamgiri) case: promoting environmental justice and sustainable development Stellina Jolly; 20. De marginalizing the intersection of ecological and social disadvantage in South Africa: a critique of current approaches to dealing with historical injustice ¿ the Tudor shaft case study Jackie Dugard; 21. Sustainable mining, environmental justice, and the human rights of women and girls: Canada as home and host state Sara L Seck and Penelope Simons; 22. Environmental justice, sustainable development and the fight to shut the Poletti power plant Rebecca M Bratspies; 23. The indigeneity of environmental justice: a Dakota access pipeline case study Elizabeth Kronk Warner; 24. Energy poverty, justice and women Lakshman Guruswamy; 25. 'Energy without injustice'? indigenous participation in renewable energy generation Adrian A Smith and Dayna Nadine Scott; 26. Climate justice and the social pillar in California's climate policies Alice Kaswan; 27. Climate change-related eco-health considerations for environmental impact assessments in the Canadian Arctic Katherine Lofts and Kontantia Koutouki; 28. Climate justice, sustainable development and small island states: A case study of the Maldives Sumudu Atapattu and Andrea C. Simonelli; Part III. Conclusion: 29. Afterword: toward a law and political economy approach to environmental justice Angela P Harris; 30. Beyond fragmentation: reflections, strategies and challenges Sumudu Atapattu, Carmen Gonzalez and Sara L. Seck.