On March 18, 2026, many environmental justice movement visionaries who co-created the paths we learn from and move on today were honored at the HBCU Climate Change Conference in New Orleans. JTA's José T. Bravo and board members Thomas BK Goldtooth and Richard Moore were among the honorees!
JTA's José T. Bravo discusses the harms of corporate polluters and false solutionists and the imperative of frontline-led just transition in his latest op-ed, published by Common Dreams!
An article by journalist Emma Bryce overviews the problems with consensus in Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, quoting several individuals, including JTA's Nona Chai and Fernando Tormos-Aponte.
On January 28, 2026, JTA's executive director José Bravo, the leadership of Líderes Campesinas, and Valley Improvement Projects' Bianca Lopez convened in Oxnard, California, for a training-of-trainers event! This training centered on the Just Transition Alliance's "Just Markets" Spanish-language workbook, with a focus on toxic chemicals found in dollar store and other "low-cost" retailer products.
On January 15, 2026, JTA and United Domestic Workers (UDW) members joined together for a training in San Diego about chemicals of concern, dollar stores, and systems change toward just transition. Find out what trainers and other participants had to say about this experience!
We are so grateful to the many funders, large and small, who make it possible for us to work hard bringing together frontline workers and fenceline communities united for justice! We have prepared a brief, easy-to-read report uplifting our biggest accomplishments of 2025.
In this Allies Spotlight, JTA honors and expresses appreciation for aligned groups and cross constituencies that were integral in exerting pressure toward creating the Just Transition Mechanism at COP30. We will be forever grateful and changed by the testimonies and knowledges shared and the alliances and kinships we forged.
BIG NEWS! The persistent demands and labor of grassroots movements and frontline groups resulted in COP30 creating a Just Transition Mechanism! This decision means there finally will be a UN institutional home for doing this vital work! While JTA welcomes this decision, the fight for a just transition and climate justice is far from over. Learn about the process behind the negotiations and the struggle ahead from JTA Policy Lead Fernando Tormos-Aponte!
Read the JTA's response to the Nov. 21, 2025, decision by the Just Transition Work Progamme (JTWP) to create a just transition mechanism. The draft text both responds to the demands of many Indigenous Peoples, frontline workers, and the most impacted communities, while lacking the processes, principles, and fundamental components necessary for ensuring a just transition.
Hot off the printing press! The JTA is honored to be part of the new edition of "enMARcha," the magazine of the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAR, in Spanish). Our executive director, José T. Bravo, wrote an essay describing how the struggle for a just transition is a transborder struggle.
