With the COP26 Global Climate Conference held later this year, we will spend five episodes in this series to discuss some of the biggest climate issues. In this episode, we are talking about a just transition.
Last week, the Prime Minister traveled to Coventry to set out his post-pandemic vision for the country.This is expected to be a flagship moment for the government ‘Escalate the agenda, but critics condemned the speech as empty talk and no action. A month ago, the Climate Change Commission stated that the UK is facing a similar problem in achieving our net zero goal: ambitious, but there is no detailed plan to achieve it.
Therefore, we need to take more actions to address inequality and the climate crisis, but can we do both at the same time? How do we ensure that the community will not lag behind in the process of moving towards a low-carbon economy? For workers in high-carbon industries, what does a successful green transition actually look like?
Kirsty Styles is back in Ayeisha’s display seat cover. Luke Murphy, head of the Environmental Justice Committee and deputy director of the Public Policy Institute, and Rebecca Deski, a senior researcher at NEF, also joined her.
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