The Road to a Carbon-Free Society

The UK government has enshrined targets that align with official scientific advice on climate  change. While it has publicly announced very ambitious goals it has only hesitantly taken up steps to support the decarbonisation of domestic industries. A comprehensive, socially and ecologically sustainable industrial strategy that is co-designed by and with workers is still lacking. Social justice, gender justice, decent work and collective bargaining are essential components of this historical structural change, achievable only through worker participation, and without them a just transition will be impossible to realise.

Five areas of the economy are closely associated with two-thirds of all UK greenhouse gas emissions: fossil energy supply; energy intensive manufacturing; aviation; automotive; and meat and dairy production. Tripartite dialogue is rare at the national level and the level of public investment is far behind what is required to decarbonise at pace and to protect workforces, but workplace climate organising is pressing ahead despite government inaction.

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