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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.
Learning Objectives:
1. Discover how nurses can support a just transition framework and build and strengthen relationships among labor, climate, and environmental justice movements.
2. Explain why young workers are concerned about climate change and provide at least 2 examples of how they can take individual and collective action for a better future.
3. Describe the importance of creating conversations in the workplace around climate and a just transition framework as well as the role of labor unions in creating positive change. -
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Just Transition Evaluation Quiz
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- Read ANHE's recently released Climate Justice Agenda for Nursing,
- Join an ANHE Forum or Committee,
- Sign up to receive information about ANHE events and opportunities,
- Donate to support nurses leading the way in protecting communities,
- See ANHE's library of information and resources on environmental health,
- Use your Nursing Voice to advocate for healthy communities by contacting us here.
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