Who is included in a Just Transition?: Considering social equity in Canada’s shift to a zero-carbon economy

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dc.contributor.authorDeshpande, Zaee
dc.contributor.authorMertins-Kirkwood, Hadrian
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-07T18:08:03Z
dc.date.available2022-03-07T18:08:03Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractThis report investigates whether the emerging policy consensus on just transition is consistent with the principles of social justice and equity more broadly. Rather than discuss the necessity of a just transition to a zero-carbon economy in Canada, this report is specifically concerned with the question of whether a just transition, as it is currently being pursued at the policy level, truly achieves justice for all workers by redressing inequities or, at a minimum, by not exacerbating them. In this sense, we expand the scope of the just transition discourse beyond the current mainstream understanding of the term. The report concludes that a truly just transition should address and incorporate social equity from the outset. See also the article in the Toronto Star from 2019: https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2019/08/28/whos-losing-in-the-transition-to-a-greener-economy-marginalized-people-researchers-say.htmlen
dc.description.sponsorshipAdapting Canadian Work and Workplaces to Respond to Climate Change
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/39319
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAdapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW)
dc.publisherCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
dc.rights.articlehttps://www.adaptingcanadianwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Who-is-included-in-a-just-transition_final.pdf
dc.rights.journalhttps://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/who-is-included-just-transition
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dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectJust Transition
dc.subjectEmissions reductions
dc.subjectSocial justice
dc.subjectWorkers' rights
dc.subjectLabour
dc.titleWho is included in a Just Transition?: Considering social equity in Canada’s shift to a zero-carbon economyen
dc.typeReport

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