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A just transition

Workers in the UK on the frontline of our economy's low-carbon transformation tell their stories

  • Network Rail Electrification Training Centre, Swindon, 2016.

    Clean rail travel is vital to the UK’s future: now we need a government that can deliver it

    Aneurin Redman-White
    Electrification of lines is key to a low-carbon system. Yet project after project has been scrappe, says railway employee Aneurin Redman-White
  • Council houses in Newport, south Wales, fitted with solar panels

    The climate crisis is global, but councils can offer local solutions

    Stephen Smellie
    With government support, councils can lead the way in generating clean energy, insulating housing and reskilling staff, says former council worker and Unison rep Stephen Smellie
  • Jyoti Fernandes with fellow farmer Brian Pearcy, who managed his farm as an ecosystem.

    Farmers don’t have to contribute to the environmental crisis – we can solve it

    Jyoti Fernandes
    As a farmer I produce meat and cheese from animals that graze in my orchard on diverse, carbon-sequestering grasslands, says Dorset farmer Jyoti Fernandes
  • Dated: 23/09/15 The Save Our Steel campaign hold a rally tonight in Redcar to support the steelworkers who are facing an uncertain future after the pause in production at the nearby SSI plant.

    Steel will be vital to the green revolution, but our industry needs help to change

    Jacqueline Thomas
    Government investment in new technology would protect jobs and drive a revitalised, low-carbon industry, says steel industry worker Jacqueline Thomas
  • Cottam power station in 2015.

    How I switched from a career in coal to working in renewables

    Paul Clarke
    It’s vital that unions and employers join forces to ensure staff can transfer their skills into low-carbon businesses, says Paul Clarke, who worked at a coal-fired power station
  • A Post Office employee operating an E-trike.

    Want to know what a just transition to a green economy looks like? Ask the workers

    Anna Markova
    People don’t need catchprases: they need resources and empowerment so they can secure good green jobs, says Anna Markova, the Trades Union Congress’s co-lead on climate and industrial policy
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