Sociétés contemporaines 112, 2018

French studies in geography have always refused to address the question of ecology from a truly political angle. And yet, faced with a growing number of environmental crises and the spectre of environmental scepticism that currently looms over the French political landscape, geography can and must become actively involved.

This Manifesto for environmental geography illustrates a collective desire to go beyond individual practices in order to examine the epistemological and political role of geography when challenged by environmental crises. It analyses the discipline's historical relations with environmental policy, draws a number of international comparisons, in particular to political ecology, and introduces the major areas of research to which geography must now, its conceptual framework having been substantially modified by the policies of the Anthropocene.

Finally, this volume argues that in order to remain scientifically and political relevant, geographers must abandon their position of detached superiority and instead accept the transformations to their discipline triggered by modern environmental issues.