This discussion paper tackles how corporate interests are shaping the global energy transition and examines policy devts on #JustTransition, the trade of critical/transition minerals, and the role of #realsolutions in driving systemic change. #ClimateJustice 3/3.

The concept of #JustTransition has emerged as a framework for movements to understand and respond to the impacts of climate policies on peoples’ struggles for economic and #socialjustice, right to sustainable #development, and #humanrights. #RealSolutions #ClimateJustice 2/3.

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Yesterday at #SB62, we joined an action to expose #falsesolutions promoted by big agribusinesses and global North govts such as offsets and "climate-smart" agri. We amplified demands for #realsolutions including agroecology, food sovereignty, Indigenous knowledge & land rights

The side event has come to a close. Our fight for a #JustTransition continues. Speakers ended the program by emphasizing the importance of centering the #RealSolutions developed and owned by communities in the transition process. Follow our socials for future updates!

Wanun: Solutions on the ground are not about the money at all. They're about caring for each other, for the communities, ecosystems, & the planet. To the previous Q, there must be a platform to bring in the voices of communities & create spaces for them to speak.

Q from the audience: Is there any thinking about shifting the way we are valuing, maybe through resilience?.

Carolina: We need to know that they are there. To scale them, we need to visibilize them. We need a platform to put what is already been done in our countries, including the successes and the points for improvement.

Q from the audience: How do we scale the real solutions? Can we break that down into small steps?.

. and are using these trade policies to edge out competition from developing countries. It's a form of green protectionism that go against CBDR-RC.

Ivan: Negotiations have been so opaque. The last nego have not made any actionable outcome. We deem these measures (like CBAM) as deeply unjust because they impose the responsibility on the global South. The global North is skirting responsibility to provide finance. .

-end of second panel discussion-. Q from the audience: One of the discussions in Just Transition are cross-border measures, I'd like to know more about that.

Wanun: An example is agroecology that small farmers are practicing. It protects the soil and reduces dependency on big industry farming practices that harm communities and drive climate change. Another is seed conservation led by women in communities.

Wanun: Real solutions will not come from the market or from corporations. They come from the ground-women, fisherfolks, farmers. They are rooted in care and in justice and challenge colonialism and capitalism. It must redistribute power not just reduce emissions.

Carolina: Real solutions are grounded in community voices, indigenous knowledge, according to the changing climate and circumstance. We also need public, accessible, and debt-free funds to ensure that real solutions can develop.

Carolina: To talk abt real solutions is to talk about climate justice, people-powered decision-making. We as civil society can engage and articulate and have our concerns addressed in spaces such as the Peoples' Summit at COP30 that involve CSOs in the process.

Beyrra: We need to shift the power from corporate actors to the people to democratize energy and open space for system change.

Beyrra: Community-led renewable energy works but communities need resources, training, decision-making power. The tech for renewables that we need in the South is not the same in the North. We must not push for energy extractivism that borrows the logic of fossil fuels.

Ivan: We need to replace our econ system w/ one that is geared towards meeting peoples needs, within planetary boundaries. We need to support the fight of communities to ensure their sovereignty in the face of extraction of critical minerals and resources.

Ivan: We have not seen much convergence bw trade and climate justice discussions. It's very important that we have convergence as mvmts. We must support the fight of comrades against FTAs and ISDS clauses that hinder countries from meeting their climate goals.