A partnership of Trade Unions and environmental groups(1), has welcomed the announcement of a second Just Transition Commission for which it has long campaigned. It said the time had come to move from words to action and start delivering the …
Just Transition Commission recommendations must trigger urgent action
The report of the Scottish Government’s advisory body calls for the delivery of the just transition to be a ‘national mission’ and for urgent measures to create new green jobs and protect the livelihoods of impacted workers and communities in …
More Rhetoric Than Action On Just Transition Say Unions And Environmentalists
Trade unions and environmentalists in the Just Transition Partnership have criticised the draft Climate Change Plan, published today,[1] for failing to show how it will ensure creation of new green jobs and protect the livelihoods of impacted workers and communities …
Just Transition Partnership Letter to the Scottish Government
The Just Transition Partnership have written to the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretaries for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform and for the Economy, Fair Work and Culture to request a response to the Just Transition Commission’s recommendations and to highlight …
The Just Transition Challenge in Scotland
The Just Transition Partnership submission to the Just Transition Commission ahead of their Interim Report. The purpose of the Commission is to advise Scottish Ministers on how to apply Just Transition principles to Scotland. The outcomes referenced in these principles are: environmentally …
Time to move beyond rhetoric on just transition, say Unions and environmentalists
The Just Transition Partnership (1) is calling for urgent action from the Scottish Government following the publication of the Interim Report of their Just Transition Commission today (27/02/2020) which has stated that the Scottish Government must act immediately to deliver …