Calls are growing in Europe for all plane passengers to pay their fair share, with current EU climate legislation letting the private aviation sector off the hook.
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Fausto Corvino, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
Current loopholes in EU climate laws would allow affluent private jet passengers to maintain their polluting lifestyle, while the lower and middle classes are compelled to give up low-cost flights.
Members of Unifor Local 594 gather for a rally outside the Co-op Refinery in Regina, Sask. in December 2019.
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While governments are often blamed for a perceived ‘unjust transition,’ it is actually the industry itself which poses the biggest threat to the future of oil and gas workers.
The closure of Australia’s coal-fired power stations will be challenging. The car industry experience provides lessons on how to protect workers and families.
Bringing a diversity of people to the table and giving plenty of opportunities for everyone to have their say is key to ensuring real inclusivity.
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The environment sector is notoriously dominated by white men. But diverse voices and critical discussions about climate policies are key to making good, inclusive decisions about the future.
Port Talbot steelworks employs about 4,000 people and most of their jobs are at risk.
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Australia supported a phase-out of fossil fuels at the recent UN climate summit but is still expanding coal and gas production. It’s a contradiction that threatens the planet. There is a better way.
A 2023 rally against a proposed wind farm off the Wollongong coast.
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In a greener future, what becomes of current fossil fuel workers? Despite possessing skills applicable to green industries, their geographical locations will limit their opportunities.
The belly of a desindustrialised region in France could contain one of the world’s largest reserves of a game-changing clean fuel.
Indigenous communities can be involved in renewable energy projects in a number of ways. The benefits of revenues to communities can be important to improving their self-determination and economic reconciliation.
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How can the Net Zero Authority help Australia make the most of this once-in-a-generation economic transformation?
Seedlings growing in a greenhouse in the Outaouais region of Québec. It’s time to think deeply about the future of our food system.
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In light of the changes caused by the pandemic, it is clear that food autonomy as a frame of reference for reorganizing the Québec food system is not enough.
Smoothing the transition to clean energy for fossil fuel workers and their communities requires local leadership and the support of a new federal authority
Energy-efficient heat pumps can wean households off oil and gas heating systems.
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Developing countries are expected to quit coal faster than any energy transition in history.
A pumpjack draws oil from underneath a canola field as a haze of wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Cremona, Alta., in July 2021.
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Canada has no choice but to adapt its energy sources and industries in a ‘just transition.’ If it doesn’t, the inevitable transition will be much more disruptive — and much less just.
The people of the Hunter have a clear picture of the future they want. But to unlock the region’s future opportunities, we must first clean up the costly legacy of its coal-mining past.
Protesters were seen but not heard.
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