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For national and international media use for the cross-constituency Just Transition action on November 18 1:30PMNote: any quotes used within press release maybe slightly edited for clarity or length
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Name: First and LastPositionCountryConstituencyOrganization/NetworkSuggested topicQuote (50-75 words)LanguageEmail AddressComms person for media enquires Any remarks
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Anabella RosembergSenior Advisor on Just TransitionArgentinaENGOClimate Action Network InternationalClimate finance & JT"Climate finance isn’t reaching those who need it most - the communities on the frontlines of climate disasters. Why? Because wealthy countries aren’t contributing their fair share of public funding to the Global South to help tackle impacts and build a greener future. Meanwhile, trillions of dollars still flow into fossil fuels, wars, and the bank accounts of the super-rich. But the problem goes deeper: climate policies are too often fixated on technology, ignoring the real demand for justice. Justice means listening to communities and prioritising social protection, education, skills, and ecological restoration and diversification. These essential Just Transition policies must shape every climate finance conversation. It’s time to pay up - and supercharge justice."Englisharosemberg@climatenetwork.orgAttila Kulcsár at CAN International akulcsar@climatenetwork.org (+44 7472 124872)
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Ravi RebapraggadaIndiaENGOMines, Minerals,& People/ Global Campaign to Demand Climate JusticeSystem change & JTTransitioning away from fossil fuels and building 100% RE systems are not possible in the South without addressing the global systems that reflect centuries of exploitation and unequal exchange between North and South. The international financial architecture and the global trade regime continue to keep our economies indebted, heavily reliant on imports and foreign currencies, and lacking access to vital and socially and ecologically necessary technologies. These systems severely restrict the South’s ability to implement climate action and just transition and we must radically transform them. No just transition without system change!
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WGCCare economy & JT
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Eric ManziITUC Deputy General SecretaryTUNGOLabor rights & JT"A Just Transition is about Action! Governments must implement ambitious climate policies that put workers and their communities at the centre. We need trade unions at the table to negotiate through social dialogue climate plans that safeguard workers’ jobs and livelihoods and leave no one behind. Promoting climate ambition can only be done with scaled-up public finance, especially for developing countries, to support the transition to zero carbon economy and invest in quality jobs where labour rights are protected and guaranteed.’’
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YOUNGOYouth & JT
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Kelly DentGlobal Director of External EngagementENGOFood Systems Just Transition"A just transition in food systems is essential to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequities. Industrial agriculture, in particular factory farming, drives emissions, habitat destruction, and inequality while worsening food insecurity. Transforming food systems with equitable, humane, and sustainable practices is critical to achieving the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and ensuring food justice and people's livelihoods".Englishkellydent@worldanimalprotection.orgPeter Simpson <PeterSimpson@worldanimalprotection.org>
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Dr Leon Sealey-Huggins
Senior Campaigner Just Transition, War on Want and Assistant Professor of Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick
UKENGO-DCJGlobal justice in the just transition “The Global North doesn’t want actionable outcomes from the Just Transition negotiations. If they did, they’d pay their climate debts to support the just, ecological, and equitable transitions urgently needed.

Billions across the Global South remain trapped by illegitimate debts, exploitative trade policies, and inadequate climate finance. The Global North claims ambition but fails to act. COP29 must deliver action on just transition based on non-debt-creating climate finance to ensure the most marginalized are not left behind.”
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