What Will the World Look Like Once We Transition to Renewable Energy?

Right now at COP 30 in Belém, Brazil, governments are negotiating what it would mean to have a just transition. To make it work, we call on governments at Cop 30 to recognize rights such as a clean environment, social security, education, and health care.  Governments should address how the extraction and processing of minerals needed for the energy transition will impact Indigenous peoples, communities and workers. It's vital that they also think about the need for a UN tax treaty, so that we can raise the revenue that we need for good education, good health care, for schools and hospitals. And finally, governments should create a tangible process called a Belém Action Mechanism to make sure these promises happen.