Parallel to the large main events of the COP24 negotiations, there are a wide variety of side events. One I attended was a small discussion group at the Climate Hub around the EMOTIONS that climate change induces... How do those people active in the climate change space maintain hope when it sometimes seems so hopeless? [...]
Just Transition Event - Building Local Living Economies 'Just Transition' is a framework for a fair and sustainable shift to a sustainable economy through the implementation of real solutions to climate change that chart a path towards more democratic, ecologically rooted economies. The workshop that I attended at COP24 on 9 December 2018, aimed to [...]
On the 10th December I attended an event about how social inclusion measures, and investment decisions, assist in a just and sustainable transition. There was a panel of high profile, influential speakers including Lord Nicholas Stern (who authored the highly cited review on the Economics of Climate Change) and Nick Robins from the London School [...]
Since 2016, Project 90 by 2030 has advocated for a Just Energy Transition – part of the global Just Transition – in South Africa. Our focus is twofold: to unite the environmental and labour sectors behind the JET movement as a powerful driver for a transformation in the energy system; and to conduct research and [...]
