Environmental justice highlights how different levels of environmental quality contribute to the health and wellbeing of some groups, while constituting a source of risk to the welfare of others. This session explored the underlying causes of inequitable distribution of exposure and health impacts from environmental hazards and amenities, as well as the methodologies and tools used to identify the distinct vulnerabilities.

• Jon Fairburn, Emeritus Professor, Staffordshire University, UK
• Jong-Tae Lee, Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, College of Health Sciences, Korea University, Korea
• Sacoby Wilson, Professor, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland, USA
• Fiona Macleod, Chair – Loss Prevention Bulletin Editorial Panel, FIChemE, UK 
• Isabelle Anguelovski, Director, Barcelona Laboratory for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability, Spain

Chair: Kumi Kitamori, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD

• Joseph Shapiro, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Mathilde Viennot, Project Manager on Fair Transition, France Stratégie, Office of the Prime Minister, France
• Manisha Anantharaman, Assistant Professor, Sciences Po, France
• Amanda Monforton, Director, Policy Development, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

Chair: Stephen White, European Commission; Chair, OECD Working Party on Integrating Environmental and Economic Policies

Better understanding the barriers to access to information, participation and legal recourse are important in both identifying the causes of inequities and advancing environmental justice. This session explored the procedural aspects of environmental justice and the institutional and legal mechanisms that have been deployed to facilitate meaningful engagement with the affected communities. 

• Emily Barritt, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law, King’s College London, UK; Visiting Professor, École de Droit, Sciences Po, France
• Gloria Amparo Rodríguez, Magistrate, Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Colombia
• Anahera Nin, Member of OECD Youthwise (OECD’s Youth Advisory Board consisting of members aged 18-30) from New Zealand

Chair: Mathilde Mesnard, Deputy Director, OECD Environment Directorate

• Karim Marshall, Senior Advisor, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States
  
• Dominique Hervé Espejo, Professor of environmental law, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile 
• Peter Lukey, Chief Director, Environment Knowledge and Information, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, South Africa
• Franziska Wolff, Head, Division on Sustainability and Social Aspects of Environmental Policy, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany

Chair: Kumi Kitamori, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD

As the need for transformative environmental policy grows, consideration of potential environmental justice implications is likely to acquire a new importance in the coming years. This session explored the forward-looking aspect of environmental justice, examining how countries can address both persisting and emerging environmental justice issues as they seek the transition to a clean economy.

• Ann Wolverton, Senior Research Economist, National Center for Environmental Economics, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, USA
  
• Francesco Vona, Professor of Economics, University of Milan, Italy
• Stephen White, European Commission; Chair, OECD Working Party on Integrating Environmental and Economic Policies 

Chair: Shardul Agrawala, Head, Environment and Economy Integration Division, Environment Directorate, OECD