Framings and Design Politics of Just Transitions

Introductory Webinar in the Just Transition Research Collaborative Webinar Series Justice in Low-Carbon Transitions

📅 Tuesday 6 October, 16.00-17.15 CEST

In this first session, the Just Transition Research Collaborative (JTRC) will kick off its webinar series with a discussion of different framings and the design politics of just transitions that shape current debates on low-carbon development and recovery from COVID. The session will bring together research on the role of labour and working people in demanding a just transition with a discussion of specific policy responses and proposals based on examples from Latin America. The webinar will showcase entry points and key questions that need to be tackled in order to advance justice in low-carbon transitions.

Speakers

• Edouard Morena, University of London Institute in Paris
  
• Damian White, Rhode Island School of Design
  
• Ana Belén Sánchez, International Labour Organization (Mexico)
  

Discussant: Nora Räthzel, Umeå University

Moderator: Dunja Krause, UNRISD



You may also like the list of resources referenced during this webinar.

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This webinar is the first in the series Justice in Low-Carbon Transitions which covers the following topics.

• Just transition as a worker movement in global North and South
• Gender and just transitions
• Financing just transitions
• Community-based action for just transitions
• Just transition, power and politics

To find out when the next one is taking place, keep in touch via @JTRC or sign up to MyUNRISD today!

Photo: Composition based on images from Jerry Zhang and Bogdan Karlenko (public domain via Unsplash)