Learning from Abroad: Lessons for Building an Equitable Clean Energy Economy in NYS

In recent years, New York State policymakers have set ambitious climate and decarbonization goals. Meeting these goals will require action across all sectors of the economy, as well as coordination between government, industry, organized labor, and community organizations. Fortunately, several other countries have made meaningful progress in tackling the climate crisis while creating high-quality jobs, fostering collaboration across sectors, and delivering economic benefits to communities.

Since 2018, the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell’s ILR School has led several international delegations to learn from other nations’ successes and shortcomings in the fight to create an equitable, unionized clean energy economy. In this webinar, you will hear from policymakers in New York, as well as union leaders from New York and abroad, who have participated in these delegations. Panelists will share some of their key takeaways from delegations to Denmark, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and discuss how these lessons can inform advocacy and policymaking here in New York State.