Integrating the ethics of integral ecologies into global environmental governance

Carlos Zepeda

doi:10.1080/17449626.2025.2491365

Integrating the ethics of integral ecologies into global environmental governance

Carlos Zepeda

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This paper reflects on the potential transformative power of faith and Indigenous actors and their ethical perspectives in global environmental governance. It argues that these social actors are becoming vital ethical disruptors and changemakers challenging mainstream normative policy frameworks, but that several factors are hampering the achievement of their full potential. The paper examines the values, ethics and spiritual understandings that drive faith communities’ engagement with environmental issues, highlighting their contribution to a wide but cohesive range of ‘integral ecology’ ethical narratives rooted in values of planetary stewardship and collective bio-interconnectedness. These narratives emphasize the sacredness of all life and advocate for holistic systemic change. This paper calls for a more militant support of methodologies integrating a new kind of transdisciplinary global ethics, inspired by the insights of faith and Indigenous perspectives.

Original language	English
Article number	Volumen 21, issue 1
Pages (from-to)	102-113
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Global Ethics
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2025.2491365
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2025

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