« Justice environnementale et approche par les capabilités »

International audienceWe show that the capability approach offers serious tracks to give full meaning to environmental justice from the perspective of comparative justice. The capability approach allows to take into account the three issues raised by environmental justice : the distribution of benefits and nuisances related to the environment, issues of people participation in the development of environmental regulations, recognition of collective identities. However, this requires on one hand to give a priority to freedom of process over freedom of opportunities, and on other hand the introduction of the concept of collective capability