Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office

Sustainable Work and Just Transition

The aim of this study is to investigate and provide an overview of the policies and discourses regarding work in and for a social and ecological transition in six European countries (France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Spain and Poland), Colombia, Mexico and the Philippines.

Denmark: the pig empire with the ruined sea

We hear it regularly: the story that Denmark is a frontrunner in the green transition. But many facts tell another story. Looking at the small Scandinavian nation from the agricultural, industrial, fisheries or biomass point of view, the overall picture is not exactly green.

Public Panel Discussion: Free Public Transport / Zero Fare - New Alliances Possible?

In many German cities, there are already action groups collecting signatures and establishing contacts between public transport workers and climate activists. In Brazil, more than 80 cities already have free public transport, but at the same time it is on the verge of collapse in many other regions.

The Transformation of the Global Automotive Industry

Mobility is a basic human need. Over the last 100 years, the automobile has revolutionised the transport of people and goods. The automotive industry is a core industrial sector employing millions of people in Germany, Europe and the world. The trade unions in the metal sector are strong and powerful organisations without which the enforcement of social rights would have been impossible. But the costs and irreversible damage caused by the fossil fuel era are now undeniable.

The European Fit for 55 climate package: inadequate and socially unbalanced

On 14 July 2021, the European Commission released Fit for 55, its climate protection package implementing the European Climate Law

Web conference: Progressive Industrial Policy for Jobs and Climate Protection – Just Transition for the Automotive Industry held on 15 July 2021

With contributions from Ulrike Eifler,Benjamin Denis, Katharina Stierl, and Károly György

Web conference: Sustainable batteries for electric vehicles?

European due diligence legislation and EU trade policy – web conference held on 2 June 2021

Tag: socio-ecological transformation