3 Steps to Building Just Transition Now with a Permanent Community Energy Cooperative

By Subin Varghese for P2P Foundation

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Step 1. Start now

Don’t wait. That’s rule #1 for living in a world where we’re already feeling the impacts of climate change; millions of lives and livelihoods are at risk — or stand to benefit from solutions — in this and future decades. We needed a just transition of our energy economy yesterday. And while there are challenges to universal access and equitably shared benefits from clean energy, there are steps we can take today to start building projects, jobs, and improved health in local communities.

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Permanent Community Energy Cooperatives are an opportunity to start healing the planet and communities today through equitable energy development. They’re also “fun-work” that can bring people together, create results to celebrate, and build stronger bonds for more resilient, thriving communities.

Read the full post here:

https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/3-steps-to-building-just-transition-now-with-a-permanent-community-energy-cooperative/2017/05/09

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