Five principles to observe for a just climate transition
The climate change commission will have to soften the potential for job losses in almost every sector of the economy
Talk of a “just transition” to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy is getting louder. Environment minister Barbara Creecy again underlined its importance on October 4 at a national climate change ministerial stakeholder dialogue. This echoed the announcement a year ago of a presidential climate change co-ordinating commission at the presidential jobs summit.
But the commission has still not met; its membership and mandate remain opaque. Anxiety among all social partners — business, labour and civil society — is understandable. The just transition is not only a National Development Plan commitment and an environmental imperative, but a move that will have a profound effect on society and the economy...
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