The phrase ‘just transition’ often refers simply to re-skilling workers for zero-carbon jobs. But the LSDC also sees an urgent need to ask what an equitable transition to the zero-carbon economy will mean for Londoners:

• Who are winners and losers of the switch to a zero-carbon economy? (Which sectors, neighbourhoods, demographics? How do we support them?)

• How do we convene people in dialogue? (Ensuring all our communities have a voice in shaping London’s future vision: resilient, healthy places; decent workplaces; accessible and equitable mobility, housing and infrastructure.)

• How do we govern and co-create solutions? (Equipping our institutions to respond to new, complex challenges and shocks such as heatwaves.)

The conference will address these questions in relation to three themes:

1. Jobs and skills;

2. Governance;

3. Communities.

Join the LSDC and a diverse group of London policy-makers, activists, academics, business leaders and trades unionists who share a passion for these issues, as we explore what is needed to achieve London’s just transition.

Confirmed speakers:

• Dr Ashok Sinha (Chair, London Sustainable Development Commission)
• Richard Watts (Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor of London)
• Dr Diana Beech (CEO, London Higher)
• Manny Hothi (Chief Executive, Trust for London)
• Rokhsana Fiaz (Mayor of Newham)
• Rob Whitehead (Director of Strategic Development, Centre for London)
• Sam Gurney (Regional Secretary London, East and South East, TUC)
• Farah Elahi (Senior Manager, Community Engagement, GLA)
• Farhan Samanani (Just Transition Campaign Leadership Team, Citizens UK)
• Simon Pitkeathley (member of London Enterprise Action Partnership and CEO of Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town BIDs)
• Fernanda Balata (Just Transition lead, New Economics Foundation)