格差は今日の喫緊の環境問題—気候変動・天然資源採掘・食糧不安—とも密接に結びつき、特に弱い人々を苦しめる。本書は全32章にて、これらの問題を中心的に取り上げるとともに、格差と環境をめぐる概念的な枠組み、権利と環境正義、人種・エスニシティ、ジェンダー・セクシュアリティ、国家、経済とも交差して広がり続ける議論の最前線を概括する。Featuring over 30 contributions from leading experts in the field, it explores the ways in which inequality impacts three of the most pressing contemporary environmental issues: climate change, natural resource extraction, and food insecurity. Chapters further investigate the multifaceted relationships between the natural environment and common forms of social inequalities, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, social class, the economy, and the state.