A commission sponsored by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and made up of political leaders and representatives of civil society stresses that the transition to clean energy to be successful must protect workers and communities that will be harmed.
In presenting a list of 12 recommendations published this Tuesday on the eve of COP26 in Glasgow, the so-called Global Commission also insists that this transition must be designed in such a way as to create the largest possible number of “decent jobs”.
That is, they are jobs of “good quality” and “well paid”, Highlighted the IEA in a statement.
All policies must be focused on equality and social inclusion, as well as on actively involving all citizens, according to the members of this Global Commission led by the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen.
They also agree that priority must be given to access to clean energy and the elimination of energy poverty.
The co-chairs of this instance, which was activated in January at the request of the executive director of the OUCH, Fatih Birol, they are the Danish Minister of Climate, Dan Jorgensen, and the Senegalese Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Sophie Gladima.
Jorgensen warned of “for the energy transition to be successful it has to be fair or there will be no transition”.
“We must never forget that clean energy transitions are for and with people, so plans to move forward have to put people at the center of policy”, He reiterated for his part Birol.
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