Just Transition

Just Transition advertised on Social Europe

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Just Transition is a leftist concept that describes how developed countries in particular will wean from oil and gas ostensibly to combat man-made global warming.

International Trade Union Confederation

According to the International Trade Union Confederation in March, 2015, a Just Transition "describes the transition towards a low‐carbon and climate‐resilient economy that maximises the benefits of climate action while minimising hardships for workers and their communities."

Just transition

Social Europe endorses the concept of the Just Transition, which they refer to as "a sub-set of the Green New Deal":

"In co-operation with our partner the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the Hans Bockler Stiftung, we explore the issue of ‘just transition’. This idea has evolved, in a sense, as a sub-set of the Green New Deal.

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"A common thread is the need to engage widely those affected and to draw on their knowledge to develop plans for re-employment and retraining which offer a positive perspective. What emerges more generally from the collated material is that ‘just transition’ is now a robust and well-developed idea supported by many examples of good practice. It falls to the European Union to will the means, in terms of the scale of the Just Transition Fund it has established."

Authors Social Europe has published who endorse the Just Transition include Adrien Thomas, Nadja Dorflinger, Maja Gopel, George Tyler, Rebekka Popp, Pieter de Pous, Monique Goyens, Anton Hemerijck, Robin Huguenot-Noel, John Weeks, Elena Bixel, Natalie Bennett, Frank Hoffer, Samantha Smith, Teresa Ribera, Marina Povitikina, Bo Rothstein, Liina Carr, Bela Galgoczi, Ludovic Voet, and Eloi Laurent.

External links

• Mission Statement
• FRONTLINES Briefing MARCH 2015 CLIMATE JUSTICE: THERE ARE NO JOBS ON A DEAD PLANET

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