Course Just Transition Webinar

In celebration of Labor Day, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments hosted a special webinar event, Just Transition as a Health, Climate, and Workers Rights Solution: Lessons from the Labor Movement, on September 6th, 2022 at 3 - 4 pm ET/12 - 1 pm PT. The urgency of the climate crisis is creating a need to swiftly transition in an equitable way to clean and renewable energy to limit climate impacts. Doing so at the pace required calls for a just transition - a plan to move the economy away from its current extractive, fossil-fuel reliance to one that is robust and sustainable and places the health of people, workers, communities, and the planet as its priority.

On this webinar, speakers from the Labor Network for Sustainability share more information about their recent work around just transition in California and nationwide. This will include an overview of the Young Worker Listening Project, a survey and interview process of workers across economic sectors who have been mobilizing their co-workers, pushing their union locals, and showing up in their communities to take action at the intersection of workers’ rights and the climate crisis. Complete the webinar to learn more about how nurses can support a just transition framework and build and strengthen relationships among the labor, climate, and environmental justice movements as they engage in climate solutions.