Presentation STD UCT 2023 by Paola Yanguas

This video shows a summary of the Latam Mobile School 2023

This research questions whether the use and expansion of oil palm as a fuel and additive in the food and cosmetics industry is necessary to the detriment of the existence of indigenous peoples, the violent grabbing of their lands and often their extinction.

This brings together the results and reflections of the four Decarbonization and Transition Forums from the mining-energy model.Chapter 1 briefly introduces the global coal chain, its history, commercialization, and implications. Chapter 2 incorporates the concepts of climate justice and climate change into the coal production and consumption chain. Subsequently, Chapter 3 addresses the impacts of the extraction and transportation of coal in Colombia, and then, in Chapter 4, there are provided approaches to a just transition within local territories. Finally, Chapter 5 explores the co-creation methodologies of the Transition Agenda and the development of co-creation spaces.

‘Just transition’ is an organic and dynamic concept. As the concept is becoming widespread, it might be co-opted. To avoid co-optation, it is necessary to incorporate a broader, more global perspective. Also, there is a need for an inter- and transdisciplinary research agenda on ‘just transition’.