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Just Transition Discussion Paper

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PRINCIPLES

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  • Strict downscaling plans for airports, airlines, aerospace industry and mass tourist resorts in line with the 1.5°C trajectory
  • Providing social protection, access to healthcare and income security for workers and their families
  • Promoting the creation of alternative employment - particularly in most affected regions
  • Investing in skills development and re-training

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PRINCIPLES 2

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  • Halting new employment in these sectors
  • Ensuring that any recovery packages support a Just Transition → recovery funds
  • This also includes: Substantial financial support for Global South countries from the historic emitters
    • to enable and support self-determined just transition

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Conversations with ETF

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  • Generally interested but difficult to get official statements

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  • Common ground is workers rights, problems of privatization in the sector

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  • Local transition plans are the way to go (examples)

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Learnings from other struggles

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  • Joint fight of workers and climate justice movement (FFF) in Germany for better working conditions in public transport sector

Learnings:

  • Join their fights!
  • Be serious in your solidarity for workers rights (no instrumentalisation)
  • Need to have staying power
  • Endure contradictions