AEJI focuses on interconnectedness of society, environment and the decision making to produce policy recommendations, while strengthening of democracy, equality and environmental justice values.  Advance civic participation especially of minorities and periphery.

The Association is active in four main fields:

1. A. Initiating of researches and working papers on environmental justice core issues, including climate policy, resilient communities, methodology of inequality indexes.
2. Data collection, initiation of research and working papers that attempt to elucidate the core issues of society, environment and the decision-making framework and develop acceptable solutions.
3. Development of policy tools that promote a policy based on the values of democracy, equality and environmental justice.
4. Increasing civic participation in matters of environmental justice and decision-making processes regarding environment and society, as well as empowering civil society especially among vulnerable groups such as minorities and residents of the periphery.