<p>The idea of a "just transition" often is associated with coal miners and other fossil fuel workers whose jobs are going away. But it’s a topic that’s so much bigger than that. As we’ll hear throughout this season, this concept encapsulates broader ideals of righting past wrongs - wrongs like racism or sexism, colonialism or classism. </p><br><p>In the first part of the episode, host <strong>John D. Sutter</strong> speaks with <strong>Benjamin Sovacool,</strong> a researcher and Energy Policy professor at Boston University and the University of Sussex. Sovacool says that a "just transition" is about looking at the livelihoods and wellbeing of <em>whole</em> communities. The United Nations estimates that <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/5449602/climate-change-un-jobs-heat/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">80 mllion jobs</a> are at risk of being lost because of global warming by 2030, most notably in the Global South. </p><br><p>In the second part of the...
