| Summary: | Conflicts over natural resources are already among the greatest challenges of the century. The incremental increase of natural disasters due to environmental injustice is intensifying the uncertainty of life. Currently, more people are being forced to leave their homes as a form of adaptation and survival because of climate change. The global extraction of resources, generally located in territories of indigenous and impoverished populations, provokes their eviction and exacerbates marginalization. A person who owns land and resources may find reasonable to defend the current institution of property right as it is. However, the current system of property rights promotes competition and exclusion for the access to natural resources. This essay is a reflection on why Environmental Justice’s call against racism, is also a call to reconsider the current patterns of consumption, the perception of property rights, and progress. Sustainable Development cannot be achieved if is meant to be only for some.
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