The limits of just transition to a green and caring economy

Steven Tufts

Chapter 31 in Handbook of Labour Geography, 2025, pp 516-528 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: ‘Just transition’ to a green economy has been touted for its perceived ability to shift us towards both green capitalism and an eco-socialist future. The promise of a ‘Green New Deal’, as popularised by progressive politicians, was reinforced at the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Links were quickly made to the importance of reorientating economic production towards health and well-being and the implementation of green investment as a means of stimulating the economy and avoiding a depression – as well as saving the planet. This chapter explores the limits of just transition to a ‘greener’ and more ‘caring’ economy and the persistent challenges that reproduce fragmented labour. A call is made to de-commodify labour as a more transformative response to the current environmental and health crisis.

Keywords: Just transition; Caring economy; COVID-19; Fragmented labour; Essential workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781785363399
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