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While governments are often blamed for a perceived ‘unjust transition,’ it is actually the industry itself which poses the biggest threat to the future of oil and gas workers.
The closure of Australia’s coal-fired power stations will be challenging. The car industry experience provides lessons on how to protect workers and families.
The environment sector is notoriously dominated by white men. But diverse voices and critical discussions about climate policies are key to making good, inclusive decisions about the future.
Tata Steel layoffs in Port Talbot reveal the tension between saving jobs and saving the environment.
Australia supported a phase-out of fossil fuels at the recent UN climate summit but is still expanding coal and gas production. It’s a contradiction that threatens the planet. There is a better way.
Australia’s clean energy transition cannot succeed unless the government opens debate and decision-making to many more voices.
Some work is already being done to enhance the tourism sector’s environmental sustainability.
The transition to net zero emissions is under grave threat if governments do not do more to address the potential unfairness of some climate policies.
In a greener future, what becomes of current fossil fuel workers? Despite possessing skills applicable to green industries, their geographical locations will limit their opportunities.
The belly of a desindustrialised region in France could contain one of the world’s largest reserves of a game-changing clean fuel.
Indigenous economic development corporations can generate income for communities and support the transition to clean energy.
How can the Net Zero Authority help Australia make the most of this once-in-a-generation economic transformation?
In light of the changes caused by the pandemic, it is clear that food autonomy as a frame of reference for reorganizing the Québec food system is not enough.
Smoothing the transition to clean energy for fossil fuel workers and their communities requires local leadership and the support of a new federal authority
Developing countries are expected to quit coal faster than any energy transition in history.
Canada has no choice but to adapt its energy sources and industries in a ‘just transition.’ If it doesn’t, the inevitable transition will be much more disruptive — and much less just.
The people of the Hunter have a clear picture of the future they want. But to unlock the region’s future opportunities, we must first clean up the costly legacy of its coal-mining past.
An expert in climate justice reports from Sharm El Sheikh.
Developed nations threaten to consume more than their fair share of Earth’s dwindling carbon budget.
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Justice, University of Bristol
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Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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PhD Candidate in Bioeconomy, University College Dublin
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Associate Professor in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Strathclyde
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Associate Professor, School of Science, University of Newcastle
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Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Regina
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Researcher in Renewable Energy, University of Cape Town
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Chair of Energy and Climate Governance, University of Manchester
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Energy Transitions, Deakin University
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Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Global Inequalities, University of Glasgow
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation