Health Justice and Just Transition

Just Transition, an organizing and policy framework that has emerged from the climate justice movement, is a powerful upstream response to health disparities created by structural subordination. As the public health field pushes itself to address the cause of causes of unjust health disparities, Just Transition offers new possibilities for partnership and collective action. We introduce the Just Transition framework, explain its relevance to the concerns of health justice advocates, and provide some examples of how the two movements might work together.

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Just Transition is an organizing and policy framework that has emerged from the climate justice movement, aiming to address health disparities caused by structural subordination. As the field of public health strives to address the root causes of unjust health disparities, Just Transition offers new possibilities for partnership and collective action.