PUTTING FAIRNESS AT THE HEART OF THE GREEN TRANSITION

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In this episode

It’s our 200th episode! We’re talking about the groundbreaking Environmental Justice Commission, which has just published an ambitious plan for putting fairness at the heart of tackling the climate crisis. Caroline Lucas and Hilary Benn, two of the co-chairs of the commission, talk us through some of the key ideas. Then Paul Nowak from the TUC explains why it is vital to put the interests and voice of workers at the centre of the transition.

And to celebrate reaching the big 200 we’re joined by voice of Reasons to be Cheerful, Gayle Lofthouse!

Guests

Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas), MP for Brighton Pavilion

Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp), MP for Leeds Central

Paul Nowak (@nowak_paul), deputy general secretary of the Trades Union Congress

Gayle Lofthouse, radio host and voice of Reasons to be Cheerful

More info

Environmental Justice Commission

• IPPR: Final report of the Environmental Justice Commission (Jul 2021)

• Luke Murphy: How to turn the dream of hitting net zero into reality (Jul 2021)

• Larry Elliot: UK won’t meet its climate goals by making spending cuts (Jul 2021)

• Hilary Benn, Laura Sandys & Caroline Lucas: A green transition rooted in fairness (Jul 2021)

Green jobs and workers

• Paul Nowak & Beth Farhat: Four steps to a green and fairer economy (Oct 2019)

• TUC: A just transition to a fairer, greener economy (June 2019)