Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago
This webinar focuses on the education chapter of the recently published report on Care Work in the Just Transition: An International Inquiry, examining the significance of the just transition strategy for education workers. Just transition is a strategy originally developed by labour environmentalists and soon adopted by environmental justice organizations. The strategy called for public policies to ensure socially and environmentally just transitions for the workers and the communities affected by massive shifts in economic activities driven by environmental policies. With the rise of climate politics the strategy came to focus on decarbonization and the workers and communities in the energy sector. While recognizing the significance of climate change and the need for a just energy transition, this report seeks to expand the scope of just transition to all workers and communities, particularly those in the care sector, which includes multiple forms of work, paid and unpaid, that are essential to human and nonhuman wellbeing.
Education is a major part of the political economy, central to the reproduction of people as workers and as citizens. This webinar draws on the perspectives of three union representatives from the USA, UK and global unions, and an engaged academic advisor, to explore the significance of just transition for educational workers.
Learn more: unrisd.org/en/activities/events/a-just-transition-in-education-a-webinar-about-care-work-and-just-transition
This webinar focuses on the education chapter of the recently published report on Care Work in the Just Transition: An International Inquiry, examining the significance of the just transition strategy for education workers. Just transition is a strategy originally developed by labour environmentalists and soon adopted by environmental justice organizations. The strategy called for public policies to ensure socially and environmentally just transitions for the workers and the communities affected by massive shifts in economic activities driven by environmental policies. With the rise of climate politics the strategy came to focus on decarbonization and the workers and communities in the energy sector. While recognizing the significance of climate change and the need for a just energy transition, this report seeks to expand the scope of just transition to all workers and communities, particularly those in the care sector, which includes multiple forms of work, paid and unpaid, that are essential to human and nonhuman wellbeing.
Education is a major part of the political economy, central to the reproduction of people as workers and as citizens. This webinar draws on the perspectives of three union representatives from the USA, UK and global unions, and an engaged academic advisor, to explore the significance of just transition for educational workers.
Learn more: unrisd.org/en/activities/events/a-just-transition-in-education-a-webinar-about-care-work-and-just-transition
