We are guiding the nation’s transition to an equitable and resilient clean energy economy by pursuing three aims: tackling the climate crisis; creating high-quality union jobs; and building a skilled and diverse workforce.
Events
Understanding Thermal Energy Networks: A Building Decarbonization Approach to High-Quality Union Jobs
This webinar will serve as an introduction to thermal energy networks, covering what they are, how they work, and their economic and climate implications.
Learning from Abroad: Lessons for Building an Equitable Clean Energy Economy in NYS
What lessons can we learn from other countries that New York can adopt or adapt to address our climate future? 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, NYS Assemblymember and Labor Committee Chair Harry Bronson, Michael Yee, Director of the Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electrical Industry in NYC, and Rhea Wolfson, Head of Internal and Industrial Relations for GMB Union in the UK will share some key takeaways from these delegations and how they have influenced their work here at home.
Labor Leading on Climate: Brazil and the United States
Join us during NY Climate Week for a conversation between labor leaders from Brazil and the United States on how the Brazilian and U.S. labor movements can advance our shared mission to build an equitable clean energy economy powered by good union jobs.
Please join Cornell ILR’s Climate Jobs Institute at the Asia Society and Museum on Wednesday, June 12, from 6pm - 8pm, for a special viewing of the immersive photography and video exhibition COAL + ICE
Exploring the Conditions of the New York Solar Workforce
Join the Cornell ILR Climate Jobs Institute on Friday, April 26th, for a first look at the results of our exploratory study on the working conditions of New York State solar workers. This event will include a summary of the study’s results—drawing from over 250 survey responses from on-the-ground solar workers—followed by a panel discussion with workers and leaders in this sector.
Generating Equity: Pathways to Union Careers in Clean Energy
Please join the Cornell ILR Climate Jobs Institute on March 1st and 2nd for a statewide conference, “Generating Equity: Pathways to Union Careers in Clean Energy.” The conference will be a generative convening with labor unions and allies, environmental justice groups, community advocates, workforce development organizations, and government officials to share best practices, build relationships, and learn from one another how we chart the way to a more diverse, equitable and unionized clean energy workforce.
Upcoming Webinar—Power and People: Working Conditions in the Texas Clean Energy Transition
Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, September 18th, at 2pm ET, to discuss findings from the newly released report, “Power and People: Working Conditions in the Texas Clean Energy Transition.”
Pathways for Hiring People with Disabilities into Clean Energy Jobs
Climate Jobs Institute partners with Yang-Tan Institute’s program to deliver insights on equitable access to clean energy jobs, focused on inclusive pre-apprenticeships. Wednesday, July 24, 2024
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM Eastern
REGISTER TODAY!! Climate Jobs Institute Provides a First Look on the Working Conditions of New York State Solar Workers.
The Climate Jobs Institute State of the NY Solar Workforce study provides a first look at the results of our exploratory study on the working conditions of New York State solar workers on Friday, April 26, in person and live stream.
Climate Jobs Institute's Offshore Wind Webinar Launches New CAROW Series
Cornell ILRs Center for Applied Research on Work (CAROW) kicked off a new webinar series with the Climate Jobs Institute, "The Future of Offshore Wind in New York State: What Will It Take to Build a Large, Vibrant and Equitable Industry?" on February 13, 2024.
SAVE THE DATE! Generating Equity: Pathways to Union Careers in Clean Energy Conference
Mark your calendars for the Climate Jobs Institute’s upcoming statewide conference, Generating Equity: Pathways to Union Careers in Clean Energy, in Albany, NY, on March 1-2, 2024.
Building an Equitable, Diverse and Unionized Clean Energy Economy
Please join the Climate Jobs Institute on November 30th to celebrate the launch of its new report. The report highlights best practices and recommendations for practitioners, policymakers, and funders interested in growing apprenticeship readiness programs as a tool to build a diverse, equitable, clean energy economy.
The Climate Jobs Institute (CJI) at Cornell University’s ILR School is guiding the nation’s transition to a strong, equitable, and resilient clean energy economy by pursuing three aims: to tackle the climate crisis; to create high-quality jobs; and to build a diverse, inclusive workforce.
Skinner presents at the White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions
Skinner, Executive Director of the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell ILR, presents at the White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions
Skinner to deliver York University's GLRC 2023 John Eleen Annual Lecture in Global Labour
Skinner, Executive Director of the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell's ILR School, to deliver the keynote address for the 2023 John Eleen Annual Lecture in Global Labour, “Labour and the Climate Crisis: Developing a Worker- and Equity-Centered Clean Energy Economy,” for the Global Labour Research Centre at York University.
The ILR School Climate Jobs Institute, the first U.S. academic institution focused on conducting research and developing policy for governments across the nation to support clean energy targets, is launching Jan. 25 in New York City.
Climate Jobs Institute Hosts Panel on Inflation Reduction Act and Workforce Development
On January 11th, Cornell's ILR Climate Jobs Institute hosted a panel discussion on the Inflation Reduction Act. The panel drew on the expertise of labor leaders, policymakers, and workforce development professionals.
Maral Asik, LLC's Student Research Fellow, shares insight on the green workforce from the Equity In Focus Summit, co-hosted by the Worker Institute and the US DoL Women’s Bureau.
Skinner Speaks at the 2022 WSLC Constitutional Convention
“There is great potential to grow a pro-union climate plan in Washington that addresses the climate crisis at scale and grows and builds the labor movement,” said Lara Skinner, Director of the Labor Leading on Climate program at Cornell.
Equity in Focus: Building a Diverse, Inclusive Clean Energy Workforce
ILR’s Worker Institute and the US DOL–Women’s Bureau brought together researchers, policy makers, practitioners, unions, and advocates to share research and practice on how the U.S. can tackle the climate crisis and create high-quality union jobs for women and frontline communities of color.
Join us for a webinar on creating equity in the emerging clean energy workforce
The Labor Leading on Climate participates in the Worker Institute co-hosted, Equity in Focus: Building a Diverse, Inclusive Clean Energy Workforce on June 29th, 2022.
The Climate Jobs Summit on September 21, 2021, will bring together newly established state Climate Jobs coalitions, labor leaders, union climate activists, environmental and environmental justice advocates, clean-energy developers, policymakers, educators, scientists, and all who want to build the clean-energy economy of tomorrow with good union jobs.
Virtual Boston Labor Conference: Labor, Climate Change, and Political hosted by the Labor Resource Center (LRC)
On Friday, March 12, the Labor Resource Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston hosted the Virtual Boston Labor Conference: Labor, Climate Change, and Political featuring the Worker Institute's Lara Skinner.
Lara Skinner Speaks at Time for Turbines conference
The Worker Institute's Lara Skinner spoke at the Time for Turbines conference which took place virtually on January 26 & 27, 2021 on the “Training an Equitable Offshore Wind Workforce” panel.
On Wednesday, January 13, the Worker Institute's Lara Skinner spoke at the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and NYSERDA co-hosted a Carbon Neutral Summit focused on decarbonizing the built environment in New York State.
2020 Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit Videos
Thank you to all the panelists, speakers and all attendees for making the Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit such a huge success. Over 1,900 people tuned in through our platform and an additional 2,500 watched on Facebook Live. Here is the full list of videos.
Climate Jobs & Just Transition Summit: Green Recovery - Building Clean Energy Industries
Lara Skinner, Executive Director, Worker Institute at Cornell University ILR School, Chairs Green Recovery - Building Clean Energy Industries panel session at the annual Climate Jobs & Just Transition Summit
Virtual Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit set for Sept. 22
Registration is open for the virtual Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit, Sept. 22. Confirmed speakers include John Podesta, former White House chief of staff, Nobel Laureate Marilyn Brown, Bloomberg Philanthropies' Climate Lead Antha Williams and New York State Climate Policy and Finance Chair Ali Zaidi.
