We are guiding the nation’s transition to an equitable and resilient clean energy economy by pursuing three aims: tackling the climate crisis; creating high-quality union jobs; and building a skilled and diverse workforce.
Commentary
White House Mobilizes Unprecedented Capital to Advance a Clean Energy Transition with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
"The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced the eight awardees of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which provides financial support to help communities across the US build reliable, affordable, clean energy systems. These funds will help create good-paying jobs and enable low-income and historically disadvantaged communities to lead in the energy transition."
The NLRB is Essential for a Fair Transition to a Green Economy
The vision for a green economy is not just about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it is about creating long-term peace and sustainability and correcting issues of systemic inequality that have long contributed to economic, health, and social disparities, says Alex Foley, Research Support Specialist at the Climate Jobs Institute.
Zach Cunningham, Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate (LLC), Training & Education Associate, reflects on his year-long leadership development program with Cornell’s National Labor Leadership Initiative and how he will apply his learnings within the LLC program.
Anita Raman, Cornell's Research and Policy Development Associate, explores the big questions: How can we maximize emissions reductions to create the greenest jobs? How do we make sure these are high-quality jobs? How can we use data to achieve these outcomes?
UN calls IPCC climate report ‘code red for humanity’ -- how an equitable, resilient, climate jobs movement can save us
Cornell’s Labor Leading on Climate research team addresses findings from the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and highlights the opportunity for workers and their unions to tackle climate change and reverse inequality through high-quality, union job creation.
Labor Changes the Climate: New Policies Move States Forward
The Worker Institute’s Labor Leading on Climate team surveys various state-level efforts to tackle climate change with high-quality, union job creation.
Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate team examines the American Jobs Plan and explains why the built-in labor standards are critical to the proposal’s success.
Four policy recommendations for New York State to beat back inequality and climate change
Cornell’s Labor Leading on Climate research team makes recommendations for NYS policy intervention. It will not be easy to tackle climate change -- but New Yorkers don’t shy away from a fight. Reducing inequality and creating meaningful high-impact Climate Jobs through strategic planning and having strong labor standards.
