Speaking at the Just Transition Summit in Edinburgh on 29 October, the First Minister John Swinney MSP reaffirmed his government’s commitment to tackling the climate emergency – “one of the most pressing issues faced by governments around the world, and …
Support for Affected Workers: our key asks of the Scottish Government
A key part of securing a just transition is in the support offered to workers in high-carbon sectors. There are two aspects of this. The first concerns the availability of low carbon employment opportunities and the kind of jobs created …
Hoping for progress in 2025, after disappointment in 2024
2024 was a year with little progress made on key elements of a just transition in Scotland While we are waiting with great interest for the UK Government’s Great British Energy company to start operation from its HQ in Aberdeen, …
The Scottish Government’s credibility on just transition can be regained through a green industrial strategy
In the Programme for Government announced in September 2023, the Scottish Government committed to develop a Green Industrial Strategy. This should be seen as an opportunity to rectify the crisis of credibility on just transition which follows from years of …
Just Transition planning in key sectors shows that government needs to lead.
Round-table events about Just Transition Plans held by the Partnership in 2023 pointed to shared themes as well as to rich insights into the unique opportunities and challenges in each of three key sectors – Transport, Buildings and Construction, Land …
Call for just transition principles to be applied to moves towards a circular economy
The Just Transition Partnership has called for just transition principles to be applied to building a Circular Economy in its submission to the consultation by the Scottish Government on Delivering Scotland’s circular economy – A Route Map to 2025:- A …