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Well-managed and inclusive transitions toward a zero-carbon economy must be guided by those impacted communities and workers.

Climate change is the preeminent challenge of our time.

Left unchecked, climate change threatens the very future of civilization. This urgent threat is happening while we also face other great challenges including: the COVID pandemic; growing economic inequality; increasing precarious work; reconciliation with Indigenous people; and continuing discrimination against women, racialized persons, and the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.

As we rise to meet the challenge of climate change, we must build an inclusive movement that addresses the needs of young people, Indigenous people, workers, people with disabilities, women, newcomers, and even environmentalists. Together, we have the power to find solutions to ensure our economy is green, inclusive, and fair!

Industrial Decarbonization

Decarbonization efforts must be developed and planned with workers, included as equal participants, and not consulted after the fact. We need green industrial policies and funding to hold our government and employers accountable, address the needs of workers and communities, and map out a path to a productive, inclusive, and sustainable economic future.

BLUE GREEN COMMENTS

What's a Blue Green Industrial Strategy?

It’s a coordinated set of policies that raises competitiveness in vital sectors to transition toward a low carbon economy. It can meet other goals — staking ground on the global value chain, setting the pace of technological change and levelling inequality — and ensuring a just transition for workers by creating and protecting thousands of well-paid union jobs.

Governments buying clean, Canadian-made goods like green steel to create demand for energy efficient businesses;

Workforce training and re-skilling for workers to take full advantage of the opportunities in a green economy;

Investing in green public goods like transit, highspeed rail, east-west transmission grids and net-zero buildings.

A blue green industrial strategy is a proactive approach to economic transition, rather than being reactive to industrial change.

A blue green industrial strategy would retrofit our economy to be more affordable, cleaner and more competitive .

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Build The Future

Climate change is the preeminent challenge of our time.

Industrial Decarbonization

BLUE GREEN COMMENTS

What's a Blue Green Industrial Strategy?

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