Who is included in a Just Transition?: Considering social equity in Canada’s shift to a zero-carbon economy
2019
Deshpande, Zaee | Mertins-Kirkwood, Hadrian
This 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.html
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