5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

The urgency to address the ecological crisis within the Anthropocene has mobilized environmental and climate justice movements worldwide. Furthermore, other crises such as socioeconomic inequalities, political representation, and care have yet to be fully addressed. The interconnected nature of these crises exacerbates the challenges that societies need to confront. All these issues must be understood within the framework of capitalism and its implications. This section invites contributions that focus on the role of environmental and climate justice movements in the context of the Anthropocene and address some or all of the following questions: What are the current environmental and climate justice movements, and who are the political subjects involved in these movements? What are their demands? What transformational projects do they propose? What do the Global North-South, urban-rural, and local-global divides imply for these movements? How do class, gender, racial, and other intersectional dimensions impact these struggles? What is the significance of repression in today's environmental and climate justice movements? How does the struggle for environmental and climate justice intersect with other movements, such as those for land and territories, water, food, gender justice, clean energy, and democracy? What role does the knowledge generated by environmental and climate movements play in shaping new forms of coexistence in the Anthropocene? What are the key terms and concepts used by activists and researchers in the field of environmental and climate struggles? We particularly encourage submissions that engage with one or a combination of social movements, post-/anti-/decolonial perspectives, intersectional/feminist analyses, and transformative approaches/theories.