What is a Just Transition? - We need a transition away from both fossil fuels and from the extractive systems harming both people and planet
What is a Just Transition? - We need a transition away from both fossil fuels and from the extractive systems harming both people and planet
As the idea of the "just transition" has become mainstream, it has increasingly been co-opted. We need a transition away from both fossil fuels and from the extractive systems harming both people and planet.
"What makes a transition just is far from a given [...] For an energy transition to be just, injustice must be eliminated, not merely displaced."
"For instance, a major scaling up of solar panel production with exploited labour or outsized damage to particular communities and ecosystems does not represent a just transition."
"Similarly, decarbonising energy systems in the Global North while the Global South remains underdeveloped is not a just transition. Rather, the project of advancing a just transition is transformational – moving from a world built around extraction to one built around regeneration and care, and a future where people can thrive in a world that is more just overall."