For 30 years, the Comité Diálogo Ambiental has been fighting the poisoning and toxic assault of residents in Salinas and Guayama in southeastern Puerto Rico. Community members are indispensable guides in co-creating a self-determined, communal present and future–and many are young people.
Wildland firefighting is growing more intense and precarious, and there is increasing investment in proactive stewardship and resilience efforts. However, few spaces exist for frontline workers, practitioners, and youth to shape this transition. Indigenous-led FireGeneration Collaborative is working hard to transform this situation.
International climate talks in April and June 2026 strengthened movement ties between JTA and U.S. Climate Action Network members. Learn about our collective efforts to advance a just transition!
At this year's Bonn climate talks, JTA worked closely with aligned groups to continue building momentum toward implementing the Belém-Antalya Mechanism.
In collaboration with student researchers at the University of Montana, JTA is excited to announce a research-based resource for evaluating attempted just transitions throughout the globe.
The Chisholm Legacy Project powerfully demonstrates Black Liberation organizing in practice, showing how climate justice is deeply intertwined with other justice struggles.
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.
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."
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!
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!
