Floods. Fires. Drought. Extreme Heat. Massive storms. It’s impossible to read the news these days without seeing clear distress signals from a planetary climate system in growing disarray. The impacts of climate change are no longer some theoretical future harm. We’re living them today. And unless we take urgent action to end our reliance on fossil fuels, things will continue to get worse.
But there is a clear path forward. Our society must undertake a rapid transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Many of the solutions we need to do so are already available to us, just waiting to be scaled up. The biggest obstacle has long been lack of political will. Turning the tide will require bringing more people from all walks of life into the climate movement. And a powerful tool for that is the concept of a just transition: building a carbon-free economy in a way that protects workers and…
