Just transitions : social justice in the shift towards a low-carbon world /

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"In the field of 'climate change', no terrain goes uncontested. The terminological tug of war between activists and corporations, scientists and governments, has seen radical notions of 'sustainability' emptied of urgency and subordinated to the interests of capital. 'J...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Morena, Edouard (Editor), Krause, Dunja (Editor), Stevis, Dimitris (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Pluto Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Environmental justice.
Social justice > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development > Social aspects.
Employee rights.
Justice environnementale.
Justice sociale > Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable > Aspect social.
Personnel > Droits.
Environmental justice
Employee rights
Sustainable development > Social aspects
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the genealogy and contemporary politics of just transitions / Dimitris Stevis, Edouard Morena, Dunja Krause
  • 1. "No jobs on a dead planet" : the international trade union movement and just transition / Anabella Rosemberg
  • 2. Business in just transition : the never-ending story of corporate sustainability / Nils Moussu
  • 3. Australian business : embracing, reconceptualising, or ignoring a just transition in Australia / Caleb Goods
  • 4. Tales from the frontlines : building a people-led just transition in Jackson, Mississippi / Kali Akuno
  • 5. What transition? Collectively imagining a just and low-carbon future for Rio Negro, Argentina / Martin Alvarez Mullally, Fernando Cabrera Christiansen, Laura Maffei
  • 6. Resource rich and access poor : securing a just transition to renewables in South Africa / Sandra van Niekerk
  • 7. The story of coal in Germany : a model for just transition in Europe? / Alexander Reitzenstein, Sabrina Schulz, Felix Heilmann
  • 8. A top-down transition : a critical account of Canada's government-led phase-out of the coal sector / Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, Ian Hussey
  • 9. Just transition solutions and challenges in a neoliberal and carbon-intensive economy / Darryn Snell.

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