Tuesday 17 October 2023, 09:00 San Francisco / 10:00 San Jose (Costa Rica) / 12noon New York / 16:00 Accra / 17:00 London / 18:00 Geneva
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/events/shared-priorities-for-a-j...
SAVE THE DATE for our joint webinar with the UN Working Group on Business & Human Rights - Shared Priorities for a Just Transition: Rights and the renewable energy value chain
This webinar will explore the concept of a just transition from a multi-stakeholder perspective, presenting the forthcoming UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights report on Just Transition, Extractive Industries and Human Rights and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's Just Energy Transition Principles.
Evidence gathered by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre demonstrates that human rights abuse remains a problematic feature of the renewable energy value chain – from transition mineral extraction through to renewable energy installations. This includes land and water grabs, pollution of rivers, dam collapses, low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet there is also a growing body of examples of better practice, which reflect commitment to human rights, fair negotiations and shared prosperity – and the notion that a just transition must be both fast and fair.
Keynote speaker
Damilola Olawuyi, Chairperson of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Speakers
Michael Clements, Director of International Programmes, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Joan Carling, Executive Director, Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI)
Ilan Zugman, Latin America Managing Director, 350.org
Steven Heim, Managing Director, Boston Common Asset Management
Moderator
Olga Martin-Ortega, Head of Natural Resources and Just Transition, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
