Powering a Climate-Safe Future through Workforce Partnerships

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provided a unique period of massive funding and momentum across clean energy, environmental justice, and job creation. This investment and momentum spurred action from community groups and labor to ensure the equitable build out of jobs stemming from this funding. Now, under a new administration, the community organizations and labor groups leading this work are under attack. To move forward, a commitment to transformative collaboration between climate and community groups is necessary in order to continue working toward a just transition.

Additionally, over the past two years, the Climate Jobs Institute (CJI) has carved out a dedicated team to address workforce equity issues in this changing landscape. In addition to other reports and research, the CJI Workforce Equity Team is close to completing a two-year Chase Bank grant which aims to build power and coalition across environmental justice and labor movements to find shared objectives that will advance equitable climate policies and expanded workforce opportunities.

We are hoping to provide space for collaboration and discussion between government, community organizations and labor to discuss and address issues in workforce equity.