Community Climate Justice and Sustainable Development

Climate justice is a crucial issue, particularly for Indigenous communities that are disproportionately affected by environmental changes despite contributing the least to global emissions. Achieving sustainability and social justice requires an inclusive approach that considers diverse policies, cultural perspectives, and methodological interventions. As globalization deepens interconnectivity, addressing climate justice through equitable policies, climate finance, and community-driven solutions becomes essential for ensuring a just and sustainable future. Examining both policy gaps and actionable solutions can help create frameworks that protect vulnerable populations while advancing global sustainability goals. Community Climate Justice and Sustainable Development explores the intersection of climate justice, Indigenous rights, and sustainable development, highlighting the policies and actions needed to achieve social and environmental equity. By analyzing case studies, policy frameworks, and financial mechanisms, it provides a comprehensive discussion on bridging the gap between climate commitments and real-world impact. Covering topics such as climate migrants, tribal rights, and indigenous knowledge, this book is an excellent resource for social justice advocates, environmentalists, policymakers, professionals, researcher, scholars, academicians, and more.

Parimal Kumar Roy , in January 2006, embarked on his career in the Development sector, collaborating with GoB, PKSF, ADB, DFID, SIDA, UNFPA, and Orbis International. His involvement in various projects in this sector continued until May 2015. He then transitioned to the academic realm in June 2015, shifting from Development practice to Theory exercise. In his PhD thesis titled “Customary Law and Sustainable Community Development: A Study of the Santals of Bangladesh” (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia in 2024 with 'Award of Excellence'), he focused on the 'Capability Approach' aligned with the customary law and sustainable development of the Santals community. Prior to his PhD, he studied Anthropology at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. His academic focus was on Indigenous communities, policies such as ILO Convention 169, UNDRIP, Forest policy, Environmental issues, SDGs, Climate justice, and the decision-making process within the cultural milieu, with a specific emphasis on the implication of participatory governance and development to ensure social justice. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from BOU, Bangladesh. Currently, he is deeply interested in exploring the relationship between theory, policy, and practice among ethnic/ indigenous/ minority/ vulnerable groups and has published several analyses of policies and international frameworks on international platforms. Parimal Kumar Roy possesses an extensive interest in decolonization, indigenous research paradigms, and international frameworks. He is deeply committed to methodological rigor in research, adhering to the Indigenous Research Paradigm and neoliberal trend (post-positivism), and occasionally utilizing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to conduct his research activities. His expertise and skill in these fields are sure to inspire trust in his professional and academic circles. Furthermore, he satisfied the “FinTech & Regulatory Innovation” (April-June 2023) course and “Cambridge Digital Assets For Regulators” (July-September 2023) at the University of Cambridge, UK, by getting ADBI scholarships and also obtained a full fellowship from ITCILO to study on Rural Development, Turin, Italy (2023); moreover, he obtained a training fellowship on Refugee Law by UNHCR (2024) to comprehend the International Refugee Law and its application in the refugee community; also he conveyed another one training fellowship from CIVICUS on Bridgers’ of Community Organizers training at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (June 2024). Apart from these, he was awarded a full funding scholarship from ETH to participate at the Swiss School of Public Governance to complete the Certificate of Advanced Studies on 'Public Governance and Administration' at ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2024). He completed the CAS graduation with a Thesis―Forest Policy and Indigenous People: In the Lens of International Frameworks (2025).To add the capacities as part of the skilled story, acquired a PGD in Project Management and another in Criminology and Retrospective Justice. He also participated in foreign training, workshops, and conferences at home and abroad as part of a CBT journey and participated in the training on Introduction of Public Policy by ADBI scholarship. A good number of― Articles, Books, and Chapters belong to him to identify his unique knowledge domain.

Mashitah Binti Hamidi is an Associate Professor of Social Migration at the Department of Social Administration and Justice at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. Her research interest is focusing on migration and displacement, including development studies and social services systems of transnational labor and gendered migration, stateless and refugee groups. She is currently the Head of the Department of Social Administration and Justice and Deputy Head of the Migration Population and Migration Research Center at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

Haris Abd Wahab is a Professor at the Department of Social Administration and Justice, University of Malaya. His core area of expertise is Community Development. Over the last 20 years, he has been involved in developing and promoting teaching, learning, and research opportunities in community development and social work. He teaches social problems, social work, community development, social marketing, research methodology, and social theories. His research interests focus on community well-being, social care programs for at-risk children in Malaysia, children’s well-being, and social development for vulnerable social groups.