The Just Transition: A Systems-Thinking Approach to Managing Climate Action

Morrison, John

  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2024-10-26
  • 售價: $1,330
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,264
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 341
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3031698479
  • ISBN-13: 9783031698477
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商品描述

Managing the climate transition will be one of the biggest challenges ever faced by business and government.

While the technical and financial elements of climate transition are vast, the social challenges are even greater. If local populations and workers feel the transitions are not "just" they will resist, and that social opposition now represents one of the greatest barriers to reaching Net Zero by 2050. While the phrase 'Just Transition' was in the preamble to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, it is only now that business, finance and governments are starting to discuss what this might mean in practice.

Thousands of companies are now starting to develop transition plans alongside those of governments. This book shows how all managers can best integrate social elements into these plans, consult with the people most affected by the transition out of the high carbon economy, and ensure that what looks good on paper works in practice. It takes a systems-thinking approach, focusing on the interconnections and interdependence of environmental, social and governance issues.

The challenge is immense, and the changes will need to be profound. Each chapter in the book will look at the main domains in which management and policy challenges will be faced. From massively increasing the extraction of rare earth metals, most of which sit below, or adjacent to, indigenous land, to building the infrastructure needed to generate and distribute green energy, possibly over "Not in My Back Yard' objections, the task of business and government in ensuring that these changes are fair, and perceived as fair, is immense.

This book provides the roadmap for how to get there. Managing the social impacts of the climate transition will be one of the biggest challenges ever faced by business and government.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

管理氣候轉型將是企業和政府面臨的最大挑戰之一。

雖然氣候轉型的技術和財務要素龐大,但社會挑戰更為嚴峻。如果當地居民和工人感到轉型不夠「公正」,他們將會抵制,而這種社會反對現在已成為實現2050年淨零排放的最大障礙之一。雖然「公正轉型」這一詞彙出現在2015年巴黎氣候協定的前言中,但直到現在,企業、金融界和政府才開始討論這在實踐中可能意味著什麼。

數以千計的公司現在開始制定與政府相配合的轉型計劃。本書展示了所有管理者如何最佳地將社會要素整合進這些計劃中,與受高碳經濟轉型影響最深的人士進行諮詢,並確保看似良好的計劃在實踐中也能有效運作。本書採取系統思維的方法,專注於環境、社會和治理問題之間的相互聯繫和相互依賴。

挑戰是巨大的,變革需要深刻。書中的每一章將探討管理和政策挑戰所面臨的主要領域。從大幅增加稀土金屬的開採(大多數位於或鄰近原住民土地)到建設所需的基礎設施以生成和分配綠色能源,可能會面臨「不在我後院」的反對,企業和政府在確保這些變革公平且被認為公平的任務是艱巨的。

本書提供了達成目標的路線圖。管理氣候轉型的社會影響將是企業和政府面臨的最大挑戰之一。

作者簡介

John Morrison is the CEO of the Institute for Human Rights and Business, a global 'think and do tank' with consultative status at the United Nations, including observer status at UNFCCC. John sits on a number of boards and advisory councils for Government Departments, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and a number of international companies. In 2014, John wrote "The Social License" for Palgrave MacMillan and has contributed many articles and chapters on issues of business responsibility, modern slavery and climate change. He regularly appears in print and broadcast media. He has been actively involved in developing global policy and practice on the Just Transition over the past three years.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

約翰·莫里森(John Morrison)是人權與商業研究所(Institute for Human Rights and Business)的執行長,該機構是一個全球性的「智庫與行動中心」,在聯合國擁有諮詢地位,包括在聯合國氣候變化框架公約(UNFCCC)中的觀察員地位。約翰擔任多個政府部門、歐洲復興開發銀行及多家國際公司的董事會和諮詢委員會成員。2014年,約翰為帕爾格雷夫·麥克米倫(Palgrave MacMillan)撰寫了《社會許可證》(The Social License),並在商業責任、現代奴隸制和氣候變化等議題上貢獻了許多文章和章節。他經常出現在印刷和廣播媒體上。在過去三年中,他積極參與全球政策和實踐的發展,特別是在公正轉型(Just Transition)方面。