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The Fight for "Just Transition"

It is widely acknowledged as being the root cause of multiplication of extreme weather events, such as droughts. floods and unprecedented ranges ranges hot and cold weather. Its consequences are aggravating desertification and erosion processes as well as irreversibble changes in ecosystems and the loss of biodiversity, which will affeect all aspects of our lives: food and water supplies, diseases and the way we produce and consume. This will certainly have major effects on employment.
As example, Brick kilns in Bangladesh produce high levels of carbon emissions and environmental pollution. New regulations requiring a shift in brick manufacturing processess in coming days may result job losses and require new skills and training for workers as this sector to copes with new technology. The transition to greener, more sustainable ways of working requires a "Just transition " approach to the future of this key industry.
'A global governance problem', 'the biggest market failure in history, ' a challenge for humanity': these are just a few of the catch phrases