{"id":78840,"date":"2025-11-15T14:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=78840"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:18:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:18:38","slug":"cop30-spains-unions-say-just-transition-means-renewing-communities-not-just-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/11\/15\/cop30-spains-unions-say-just-transition-means-renewing-communities-not-just-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"COP30: Spain\u2019s unions say just transition means renewing communities beyond jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Unions in Spain are calling for a new just transition strategy that goes beyond plant closures to revive the fabric of life in affected regions, linking public services with jobs and investment.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen a power plant closes in a rural area, you don\u2019t just lose jobs,\u201d said Manuel Riera of UGT, one of Spain\u2019s largest unions. \u201cYou risk losing the life of the place &#8211; the families, the neighbours, the school, the bus line. To keep people rooted, we have to rebuild whole economies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The end goal is to safeguard workers, diversify rural economies, and keep families rooted.<\/p><div class=\"clima-in-post\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clima-2374730499\"><div style=\"text-align:center; margin: 20px 0;\">\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n    <span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #BFBFBF; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Advertisement<\/span>\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div id=\"chn-in-post\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/ead.newint.org\/show.php?zones=chn-in-post\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spain\u2019s breakthrough: dialogue and territorial pacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spain is among the few countries to have managed coal closures through negotiated territorial pacts. Since 2018, 15 agreements have been signed between national, regional and local governments in areas hit by mine and power plant shutdowns. The government also reached tripartite accords with unions and coal companies, guaranteeing solutions for affected workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the first time, workers and their communities had a seat at the table. It demonstrated that a just transition is possible and that social dialogue with trade unions must be the first step\u201d Riera said. \u201cThat gave people dignity in a moment of loss.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These frameworks funded retraining, supported job-creating projects and ensured public participation. They became an international reference for how social dialogue can guide decarbonisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/11\/09\/a-just-transition-for-renewables-why-cop30-must-put-people-before-power\/\"><strong>A just transition for renewables: Why COP30 must put people before power<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lessons learned: from energy to social transition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But the experience has also exposed key limits. Job creation alone has not been enough to sustain rural life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAgain and again we heard: in addition to employment, what decides if families stay is whether there is transport, housing, health care, education,\u201d Riera said. \u201cThat is what keeps a territory alive. We have to move from an energy transition to a social transition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judit Carreras Garcia, director of the Instituto para la Transici\u00f3n Justa (ITJ), reflected on the government\u2019s efforts to respond to these challenges:<\/p><div class=\"clima-in-post-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clima-658329779\"><div style=\"text-align:center; margin: 20px 0;\">\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n    <span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #BFBFBF; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Advertisement<\/span>\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div id=\"chn-in-post-2\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/ead.newint.org\/show.php?zones=chn-in-post-2\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the years, we have sought to make the just transition a reality through concrete policies and actions \u2014 walking the talk through a wide range of measures that include employability schemes, training, funding lines for job-creating business initiatives, just transition energy tender grids, municipal support programmes and environmental restoration,&#8221; she explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;All of them aim at minimising the impacts of decarbonisation and optimising outcomes based on participation and social dialogue. This effort has come with its own challenges \u2014 from managing timing gaps to addressing very different territorial starting points \u2014 but our commitment remains firm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both unions and government acknowledge that anticipation is crucial: closures must be aligned with new opportunities, and support must adapt to vastly different territorial realities &#8211; from regions facing depopulation to those with stronger infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"chn-block block-image\">\n\n    <figure class=\"\" uk-toggle=\"target: #simg-78844\" >\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Pic-Andorra.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Pic-Andorra.png 800w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Pic-Andorra-480x274.png 480w\" \/>\n        <figcaption>Workers in Teruel province, Aragon, are worried that coal plant closures are hollowing out rural life.<\/figcaption>    <\/figure>\n\n    <div id=\"simg-78844\"  class=\"uk-modal-container\" uk-modal>\n        <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-margin-auto-vertical\">\n\n            <button class=\"uk-modal-close-default\" type=\"button\" uk-close><\/button>\n\n            <div class=\"uk-modal-body\">\n\n                <figure>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Pic-Andorra.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Pic-Andorra.png 800w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Pic-Andorra-480x274.png 480w\" \/>\n                    <figcaption>Workers in Teruel province, Aragon, are worried that coal plant closures are hollowing out rural life.<\/figcaption>                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The next phase for just transition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>UGT is now working with its federations to shape Spain\u2019s next Just Transition Strategy (2026\u20132030). Visits to pact areas, including Arag\u00f3n, where a coal plant closed in 2020, reveal a rising sense of frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople are tired of waiting,\u201d Riera said. \u201cWe have projects on paper, but they don\u2019t see them materialising. Without effective coherent planning, workers retrain and then have to move to Madrid or Barcelona. That is not territorial justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unions&#8217; demand: keep the territorial approach, but expand it across ministries and sectors, ensuring that services and infrastructure grow alongside jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/11\/03\/for-indian-women-workers-a-just-transition-means-surviving-climate-impacts-with-dignity\/\">For Indian women workers, a just transition means surviving climate impacts with dignity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind the technical debates lies a deeper fear: the hollowing out of rural Spain, where thousands of villages have already lost their young people and their future. A mishandled transition could accelerate that trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not only about jobs,\u201d Riera said. \u201cIt is about whether towns survive at all. When a power station shuts, it\u2019s not just the jobs inside the gates that disappear. The bus stops running, the school risks closing, the clinic can\u2019t keep going, housing starts to deteriorate. Families leave, and a town empties. And once they leave, they rarely come back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sharing lessons internationally<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, Riera met unions from around the world to share Spain\u2019s experience. His message was simple: we must fight for social dialogue and territorial agreements, but these are the beginning \u2014 not the end \u2014 of a just transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf decisions are only made in the capital, they miss what life is like in a village. What Madrid sees as energy policy, a small town sees as survival: will there still be a bus, a clinic, a school? That is why workers and communities must always be in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Riera, the work that goes into the just transition is also a chance to imagine something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can use this moment not just to protect people from loss, but to renew rural life \u2014 to make villages places where families want to stay, where children can imagine their future. This is about dignity, but also about love: love of place, love of community, love of life itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/11\/13\/water-is-worth-more-than-lithium-indigenous-argentine-community-tells-cop30\/\">\u201cWater is worth more than lithium,\u201d Indigenous Argentine community tells COP30<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A call for Bel\u00e9m &#8211; and beyond<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now in Bel\u00e9m for COP30, Riera is bringing a clear message to world leaders: Spain\u2019s experience shows that the just transition must be built from the ground up. The Bel\u00e9m Action Mechanism that has been proposed, he argues, should require cross-sector transition plans &#8211; not just energy policies; guarantee participation from workers and communities; and secure public finance capable of delivering not only jobs but the services that sustain life around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Global South faces the same challenge: how to transition without abandoning people. Without public finance, that is impossible,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we treat the just transition as a bargaining chip, we betray them. But if we take it seriously, we can create hope \u2014 from Spain to Brazil, from Santander to Bel\u00e9m.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not only about closing coal or opening renewables,\u201d he added. \u201cIt is about whether people can imagine a future for their children. 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