What a ‘Just Transition’ Would Really Look Like
Emily Scurrah writes for Tribune
05 February 2021
As fossil fuel industries become a thing of the past, we mustn’t mimic the deindustrialisation of the 1980s, which wrecked the job prospects of so many communities, writes Emily Scurrah:
“When we talk about a ‘just transition’, there is risk of pitting workers’ interests against those of the abstract ‘environment’, often suggesting that these are mutually exclusive. But workers also live on this planet, and stand to lose from environmental catastrophe, on top of facing the immediate concern of protecting their livelihoods.”
Topics Climate change Energy Work & pay
