Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy is a new podcast series from Perspectives Journal and the Green Economy Network that chats with the policy experts and front line trades workers about how climate action can create good jobs, make life more affordable, and debunk the myth that workers and the environment are at odds.
Hosted by Nick Pearce, National Convenor at the Green Economy Network, Class & Climate features conversations about the challenges of green industrial policy, and how workers can lead the way to fight inflation and climate catastrophe.
The series is being released over the course of the federal election. Subscribe to the Perspectives Journal podcast to get notified when the next episode is released. Here’s what you may have missed:
Episode 1: Green Industrial Policy with Jim Stanford and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Economist Jim Stanford and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood define what green industrial policy is and explain why it’s having a renaissance in the middle of the Trump trade war. In this episode, Class & Climate argues that green industrial strategy can make life more affordable in the long-term, and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels while charting an independent economic course for Canada..png)
Episode 2: Building a Green Workforce with Lindsay Amundsen
Lindsay Amundsen of Canada’s Building Trades Unions explains what a just transition really means for workers—and how union-led training programs are preparing the workforce for the green economy. Amundsen makes the case for public investments in training, and for putting workers—especially those in carbon-intensive industries—at the centre of climate planning.
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