Climate Week NYC Equitable Building Decarbonization & High-Quality Jobs in the Clean Energy Economy
Join us for a two hour dialogue on how building decarbonization at scale can deliver lasting, high quality jobs.
The conversation centers on a draft Community Centered Regenerative Transition framework, building on Movement Generation's Strategy Framework for a Just Transition. Its aim is simple: put people at the heart of the low carbon transition through workforce development, affordable clean energy and housing, resilient buildings, inclusive governance and collaborative action, so every community can shape and share in the benefits.
Together we will:
Explore what it takes to match building decarbonization at scale with a regenerative energy transition and quality jobs
Hear from labor, program implementers, policy and international just transition legal experts on where we stand and how policy reform, collaborative governance, narrative shift and training can get us there
Examine the current state of energy efficiency and electrification upgrades and the workforce delivering them
Identify the sustainable funding and cross boundary cooperation needed to unlock equitable electrification and economic development through a skilled workforce
Presenters and Collaborators
Jamesa Johnson-Greer, Co-Executive Director, Collectrify: A Frontline-Led Energy Fund
Courtney Hanson, Deputy Director, People for Community Recovery
Tedd Moya, Energy Law and Policy | Founder and Principal, Lex Navitas | London, Oxford, Nairobi
Jacqueline Patterson, Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project
Melissa Shetler, Assistant Director of Labor Outreach and Workforce Equity, Cornell ILR Climate Jobs Institute
Jennifer Somers, Co-Executive Director, Collectrify: A Frontline-Led Energy Fund
Lunch will be provided!
Join us!