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JTA Members Make the News during First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
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JTA Members Make the News during First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

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.

“At a Historic Conference, Frontline Groups Push for a Just Transition”: JTA Publishes New Article
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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."

José T. Bravo Publishes Just Transition Op-Ed in Common Dreams: “Frontline Groups Have the Solutions to the Climate Crisis, Not Corporate Profiteers”
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José T. Bravo Publishes Just Transition Op-Ed in Common Dreams: “Frontline Groups Have the Solutions to the Climate Crisis, Not Corporate Profiteers”

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!

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!
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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.

A large crowd gathers at COP30 with a banner stating "Just Transition Rising"
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COP30 Establishes a Just Transition Mechanism: We Celebrate and Plan for the Hard Work Ahead

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!

COP30 May Establish a Just Transition Mechanism, but Further Progress is Needed to Achieve a Participatory, Inclusive, and Just Transition
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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.

Seated panelists describe movement struggles at MAR event
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Latest “enMARcha” Magazine Issue on Internationalism Includes an Article by José T. Bravo!

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.

Top portion of an online article that includes people holding a banner and displaying flags from throughout the world.
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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.