JTA Policy Lead Fernando Tormos-Aponte and Executive Director José T. Bravo were interviewed by Blu Radio and Canada Broadcasting Corporation, during the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia.
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“At a Historic Conference, Frontline Groups Push for a Just Transition”: JTA Publishes New Article
As published in the North American Congress on Latin America, "Though the First Conference on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels is a historic achievement, movement organizers question if it will create needed pathways toward a just transition."
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Earth Day to May Day in a Critical Moment
At this time of year, we always share a call to make “Earth Day to May Day” a 10-day festival of our grassroots vision of a better world...
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“The Workers’ Champion”: EJ Movement Pathmakers, including JTA Executive Director and Board Members, Honored in New Orleans!
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!
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“We Want a Just Transition, Not Just a Transition”: JTA’s 2025 Year-in-Review Audio Highlights
From UN conference halls to the streets, JTA's 2025 year-in-review podcast episode amplifies audio highlights of the intersectional, interdependent, transborder, and multilingual advocacy of peoples and groups moving toward just transition in 2025. Don't miss these remotivating sound bites!
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“Our Solidarity Will Deliver It”: Allies Spotlight on Just Transition-Aligned Groups Forging Solidarities Before and During COP30
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.
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JTA’s COP30 Recap Zine: A Just Transition Win, Numerous Problems and Injustices, and Why We Must Keep Fighting for a Just Transition Fossil Fuel Phaseout!
Read our digital zine, recapping COP30! The fight against corporate capture, extractivism, false solutions, and green colonialism continues, as does the struggle for climate justice, frontline-led just transition, and upholding UNDRIP and UNDROP. Thank you to everyone who worked with us during the MAR Encuentro, the Peoples' Summit, and UN Climate Summit negotiations and actions! Our collective care and dedication to intersectional justice, demonstrated in our demands, alliances, and kinships, will guide our paths forward.
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COP30 May Establish a Just Transition Mechanism, but Further Progress is Needed to Achieve a Participatory, Inclusive, and Just Transition
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.
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JTA Publishes Article with the North American Congress on Latin America, Calling for the Creation of a Just Transition Mechanism at COP30
This JTA article, published by the North American Congress on Latin America, discusses the imperative of creating a just transition mechanism at COP30 and calls for rejecting false solutions, including the so-called Tropical Forest Forever Facility.
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“What we are struggling for is the right thing to do”: JTA’s José Bravo Speaks at “Frontline Movement Exchange” during New York City Climate Week
During New York City Climate Week 2025, JTA’s Nona Chai and José T. Bravo participated in many conversations and events dedicated to building movement momentum and people power toward just transition and climate justice.