Just Transition Alliance

Just Transition Alliance Podcast

Society EN ↓ 5 episodes

The Just Transition Alliance Podcast centers the experiences, insights, and demands of frontline workers and fenceline communities united for justice. Episodes feature movement topics and intersectional justice struggles, as we share and learn from our collective knowledges and experiences to continue building people power toward just transition. In the episodes to come, we’ll interview Just Transition Alliance (JTA) board and staff members and will speak with sister alliance members and other groups that align with and inform JTA's work. In addition to interviews, we plan to share updates on...

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"Communities do not need to be engaged as beneficiaries...they need to be engaged and empowered as the leaders": Presenting Just Transition Solutions at Bonn Climate Talks 26.06.2026 30:03

In this episode, we feature a press conference that the Just Transition Alliance (JTA) organized and moderated at the annual Bonn, Germany, Climate Talks. On June 13, 2026, we were honored to be joined by several panelists who spoke about Indigenous and food sovereignty, agroecology, the Belem-Antalya Mechanism for a Just Transition, and why the most impacted communities and frontline workers must...

"We Want a Just Transition, Not Just a Transition": JTA's 2025 Year-in-Review Audio Highlights 12.01.2026 38:13

From UN conference halls to the streets, this episode amplifies audio highlights of the intersectional, interdependent, transborder, and multilingual advocacy of peoples and groups moving toward just transition in 2025. Listen to sound bites from INC-5.2 in Geneva, Switzerland, where Global Plastics Treaty negotiations took place. We also share audio from Bonn, Germany, during the intersessional l...

"We want to let people know everywhere that this is happening": Alejandría Lyons Calls out False Solutions, Honors Mentors, and Reflects on Food Sovereignty 13.11.2025 25:53

In this episode, JTA board member Alejandría Lyons discusses coalitional organizing against false solutions and the neoliberal Blackstone corporate takeover of TXNM, the parent company of New Mexico's largest utility provider. The interview also highlights the importance of movement mentors and elders (see Alejandr í a and JTA's José Bravo in this episode's featured photo!), buildin...

"The Basic Problem Is We're Not Synced": USW's David Campbell Shares Labor Organizing Insights about the Upcoming CA Refinery Closures and Beyond 06.11.2025 19:50

United Steelworkers (USW) Local 675 Field Director, First Vice President, and former Secretary-Treasurer David Campbell talks about the upcoming California refinery closures and the challenges of phasing in and phasing out industries. He highlights the crucial, indispensable role of frontline workers in co-creating and implementing transition plans and recounts some past experiences that show pat...

Introducing the Just Transition Alliance Podcast! 06.11.2025 3:00

This introduction to the Just Transition Alliance Podcast previews movement topics and intersectional justice struggles that center frontline workers and fenceline communities united for justice. The episode highlights upcoming conversations to inform ongoing organizing efforts for co-creating frontline-led approaches toward just transition. Stay tuned for future interviews and other content! Fol...