Ethics Policy & Environment

The Reintroduction of the Brown Bear to Western Trentino (Italy) Between Biodiversity Conservation and Interspecific Conflicts. A Reasoned Review

Published on 3 Nov 2026

by Carlo Brentari Department of Humanities, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

Is There a Need for a New Preservation? The Philosophy and Politics of Wilderness Today

Published on 3 Nov 2026

by Arthur R. Obst Institute for Climate & Sustainable Growth, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Public Gardens and Food Insecurity

Published on 31 Oct 2026

by David Fenner Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

Injustices in Climate Policy: Assessing Responses to Climate Change in Democratic States

Published on 29 Oct 2026

by Virginia De Biasio Department of Political Economy, King’s College London, London, UK

The Case Against Killing Animals Considered Pests: A Wild Animal Welfare Approach

Published on 29 Oct 2026

by Iria Murado-Carballo Department of Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Correction

Published on 29 Oct 2026

Decolonial Philosophy in Action: The Plumwood Mountain Landback

Published on 28 Oct 2026

by Lara Stevens Lauren Burrow Natasha Fijn Tristen Harwood Sammy Hawker Ruby Kammoora Tonya Rooney Amanda Stuart Affrica Taylor Clancy Walker Kirsten Wehner a School of Social Work and Arts, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australiab Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australiac School of Culture, History and Language, Australian National University, Canberra, Australiad Independent Artist, Canberra, Australiae School of Food, Agriculture, and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australiaf Department of Early Childhood Education, University of New England, Armidale, Australiag School of Art and Design, Australian National University, Canberra, Australiah School of Arts and Communication, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australiai Independent Filmmaker, Melbourne, Australiaj Independent Artist/Curator, Canberra, Australia

Biodiversity Offsetting’s Structural Vulnerability to Naturewashing

Published on 28 Oct 2026

by Ludovico Giacomo Conti Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland

Multispecies Justice Through Interspecies Deliberation

Published on 16 Sep 2026

by Matthias Kramm Mariana Garcia-Medina Lucia C. Neco Thomas Rickard Charbel N. El-Hani Luana Poliseli David Ludwig a Kassel Institute for Sustainability, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germanyb Department of Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germanyc Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation (KTI) Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlandsd Minimal Intelligence Laboratory (MINT Lab), Department of Philosophy, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spaine Philosophy Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlandsf ‘Riverknowing’, Independent Researcher, Devon, UKg Institute of Biology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazilh Philosophy Department, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKi Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation (KTI) Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Killing Nature to Save It: Conservation Science, Biotechnology, and Ethical Extermination

Published on 14 Sep 2026

by Ann C. Thresher Department of Philosophy & Religion and School of Public Policy, Northeastern University, Boston, USA

Who Should Pay? A Framework for a Fair Distribution of Climate Policy Burdens

Published on 5 Sep 2026

by U. Martin Persson Bengt Brülde Fredrik Hedenus Lina Eriksson a Department of Environmental & Energy Sciences, Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Swedenb Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Swedenc Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Biotechnology and the Environment in Africa

Published on 3 Sep 2026

by Workineh Kelbessa Department of Philosophy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The Conceptual Validity of the Wilderness Concept and Implications for Its Application as a Protected Area Category in the 21st Century

Published on 24 Aug 2026

by Paul Cryer Şerban Procheş Dave J. Druce Erwin Sieben a Applied Ecology Unit, African Conservation Trust, Hillcrest, South Africab Discipline of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africac Research Department, Welgevonden Game Reserve, Vaalwater, South Africa

What Kind of Democracy is Energy Democracy? Reconsidering Energy Democracy Through Green Democratic Theory

Published on 19 Aug 2026

by Eric S. Godoy Department of Philosophy, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA

A Critical Exploration of Social Justice and the Notions of ‘The Good’ in Circular Economy Discourses: The Need for a Capabilities Approach

Published on 10 Aug 2026

by Gabrielle Samuel Zora Kovacic Federica Lucivero Mary Pitt Manjulika Vaz a Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London, London, UKb Estudis d’Economia i Empresa and Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Social and Cultural Transformations (TRÀNSIC), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spainc Ethox Centre and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKd Division of Health and Humanities, St John’s Research Institute, St John’s National Academy of Health Science, Bangalore, India

Kant and Environmental Philosophy: The Climate Crisis and the Imperative of Sustainability

Published on 1 Aug 2026

by Bertjan Wolthuis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Slow Action as a Moral Wrong: Delay Tactics in the Fight Against Climate Change

Published on 31 Jul 2026

by Nahuel Arenas-Garcia Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

The Sufficient, the Excessive and the Reasonable. Thresholds in an Extended Theory of Sufficientarianism

Published on 27 Jul 2026

by Frank Nullmeier SOCIUM Center on Inequality and Social Policy, Universitat Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Sufficiency, Sufficientarianism, and Limits in the Context of Ecological Crisis

Published on 17 Jul 2026

by Frank Nullmeier Thomas Schramme a Social Sciences, SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germanyb Philosophy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Challenges to Ethical Assessments of Prescribed Fire Policies

Published on 15 Jul 2026

by Kristen K. Intemann Mary Farina Amy Megowan Azin Rashed a Center for Science, Technology, Ethics & Society, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USAb Department of Land Resources & Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USAc Department of History & Philosophy, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA

Legitimizing Experience: Embodied and Affective Knowledge Through Storytelling

Published on 24 Jun 2026

by Zachary Johner Nicole Klenk Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Objectivity Killed the Cat? Navigating Conservation Ethics in Feral Cat Management in Australia

Published on 19 Jun 2026

by Lowieke Vermeulen Esther Turnhout Bernice Bovenkerk a Philosophy Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlandsb Section of Knowledge, Transformation & Society, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Licensing Pet-keeping

Published on 15 Jun 2026

by Davide Pala Matthew Wray Perry a Department of Humanities, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italyb School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Between Backyard and Biosphere: Scalar Tensions in the Land and Earth Ethics

Published on 9 Jun 2026

by Renée Holman Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Earned Consent: Rethinking the Authority to Refuse Solar Geoengineering

Published on 29 May 2026

by Niñoval F. Pacaol Mary Eimeren P. Tumulak a Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singaporeb Standards Research Division, Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards, Quezon City, Philippines

Risk, Cost and Offsetting: A Reply to Hill

Published on 29 May 2026

by Christian Barry Garrett Cullity School of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Just Transitions and Human Rights: Rethinking Local Government Responsibilities

Published on 1 Apr 2026

by Eric Brandstedt Georgia de Leeuw Human Rights Studies, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Toward an Ubuntu Framework of Distributive Energy Justice

Published on 26 Mar 2026

by Ellen Fungisai Chipango South African Research Chair in Industrial Development, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Structural Climate Injustice: Liability, Super-Privilege and the Polluter Elite

Published on 17 Mar 2026

by Vojtěch Svěrák a Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen, Leeuwarden, Netherlandsb Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republicc Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P), Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Geoengineering and Animal Ethics: The Case of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection

Published on 11 Mar 2026

by Leonie N. Bossert Clare Palmer a Institute for Philosophy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austriab Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA