Green Transition

Four Ways To Build A Food System That Can Withstand Collapse

June 4, 2026 Jasper Verschuur and Paul Behrens, Resilience. Create! climate crisis, Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Green Transition

Millions more people could face hunger in the coming months if the conflict in the Middle East is not resolved soon, the UN has warned. The price of energy, which affects the cost of producing and transporting food, has risen sharply due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The price of fertiliser, much of it made in the Gulf states and exported via the same stretch of water, has also soared. So it seems inevitable that the cost of food around the world will increase, just as it did after Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 (both countries were big exporters of food and fertiliser).

Despite Climate Policy Setbacks, A Just Transition Is Still Within Reach

June 2, 2026 C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout. Create! climate crisis, Fossil Fuels, Green Transition, State Legislatures

The evidence for rapid human-caused climate change keeps piling up, yet the world continues to flood the atmosphere with greenhouse gases amid a political backlash against the struggle for a future free of fossil fuels. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow, which means humans are continuing to make the climate crisis worse. Global average temperatures are expected to stay at record levels for the 2026-2030 period, exceeding preindustrial averages by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. As global warming speeds up, events like wildfires, droughts, hurricanes, and floods will become more intense, and there will be a substantial increase in premature deaths, with the overwhelming majority occurring in low-and middle-income countries.

The Clean Energy Transition’s Indigenous Sacrifice Zones

May 30, 2026 John Ahni Schertow, Intercontinental Cry. Educate! Extraction, Green Transition, Indigenous Peoples, Sacrifice Zones

It has become abundantly clear that the clean energy transition is “business as usual” for Indigenous Peoples. At least a dozen major cases have emerged where Indigenous rights are being overtly dismissed in order to secure supplies of lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt and other strategic minerals. The unprecedented demand is reshaping landscapes and economies across the globe. New mines, processing facilities, transmission corridors and renewable energy projects are being fast-tracked, often with promises of sustainable development and a greener, more ‘just’ future.

Banking Like The Planet Depends On It

May 30, 2026 Oscar Perry Abello, Next City. Create! Banking, climate crisis, Community Banks, Green Transition

America’s fastest-growing new bank doesn’t specialize in AI or crypto-currency or some exotic investment strategy with little real world value. It specializes in environmental sustainability. Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Climate First Bank was chartered in 2021 with a mission to finance environmental sustainability. Five years later, it’s already pushing $1.8 billion in assets. The bank — which describes itself as the nation’s first climate-focused bank — nearly doubled in size over the course of 2025 alone. While Climate First is financing solar arrays of all sizes, including community solar and utility-scale battery storage systems, its rapid growth is powered mainly by the oldest force in banking: relationships.

Key Outcomes From First Summit On ‘Transitioning Away’ From Fossil Fuels

May 12, 2026 Daisy Dunne, Resilience. Educate! climate crisis, Colombia, Fossil Fuels, Green Transition, Santa Marta Conference

The first conference on “transitioning away” from fossil fuels held in Santa Marta, Colombia, from 24-29 April saw 57 countries – representing one-third of the world’s economy – debate practical ways to move away from coal, oil and gas. Against a backdrop of war, a global oil crisis and worsening extreme weather events, ministers and envoys from across the world sat side-by-side in small meeting rooms to have open and frank conversations about the barriers they face in transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy. This new format – devised by co-hosts Colombia and the Netherlands – was described as “refreshing”, “highly successful” and “groundbreaking” by countries attending the talks.

What’s Missing In Cities’ Climate Resilience Interventions?

May 10, 2026 Aysha Khan, Next City. Create! Biodiversity, climate crisis, Green Transition, Urban Design, Water

Cities are under growing pressure to green their infrastructure, manage stormwater, and reverse ecological decline, all at once. Three studies published in recent weeks offer useful, if sometimes sobering, evidence on where progress is being made and where the gaps remain. The research spans three distinct interventions — household-level stormwater management in coastal cities, the ecological performance of urban green alleys, and the role of urban planners in freshwater conservation — but all conclude by pointing to a consistent theme.

‘Ecocivilization’ – A Bold Vision For System Change

May 4, 2026 David Bollier. Create! climate crisis, Ecocivilization, Green Transition, social transformation, The Commons

With so many social movements seeking system change – cooperatives, commons, Doughnut Economics, peer production, relocalization and more – things quickly get confusing. There are so many different vocabularies, political premises, and theories of change swirling about. How can we possibly work toward a coherent, common future? Jeremy Lent’s new book, Ecocivilization, is a significant beachhead in answering this question. It demonstrates that a feasible future is possible precisely by drawing upon the rich pluriverse of possibilities. Lent’s book is therefore a relief to encounter.

A United Front In Santa Marta Demands A Fossil-Free Future

April 29, 2026 Asian People's Movement on Debt and Development. Resist! climate crisis, Colombia, Fossil Fuels, Green Transition

Santa Marta, Colombia — Today, the salt air of Santa Marta mixed with the rhythmic chants of hundreds as a vibrant “March for a Fossil Free Future” surged through the city’s historic center. Local residents, Afro-descendants, women, youth, international movements and Indigenous Peoples from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta joined global civil society and climate justice activists in a powerful display of unity, timed to coincide with the arrival of delegates to the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels.

Brazilian Cooperatives: The Path To A Green Economy

April 25, 2026 Bernard Marszalek, Grassroots Economic Organizing. Create! Brazil, climate crisis, Cooperatives, COP30, Green Transition

The UN declared 2025 the International Year of Cooperatives. The theme of the year—"Cooperatives Build a Better World”—provided a splendid opportunity for the worldwide cooperative movement to mark its existence as vital to building a better world by limiting the effects of climate change. Unfortunately, that didn’t occur. To be more precise, it didn’t occur with the bureaucrats associated with various top-heavy international organizations that represent the cooperative economic sector on the world stage. However, the Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives (OCB) did take a stand to support the UN Climate Summit, COP30, held in Belem, Brazil on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.

First Conference On Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels

April 24, 2026 Kyla Tienhaarla and Christina Frendo, Resilience. Strategize! climate crisis, Cooperation, Fossil Fuels, Green Transition

Delegates from more than 50 countries are gathering in Santa Marta, Colombia, from April 24 to 29 at the first-ever Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The conference’s stated aim is to “initiate a concrete process through which a coalition of committed countries, subnational governments, and relevant stakeholders can…implement a progressive transition away from fossil fuels creating sustainable societies and economies.” Emissions from fossil fuels are at the heart of the climate crisis. Coal, oil and gas are the largest contributors to climate change by a wide margin.

Why Some Cities Go Green Faster Than Others

April 19, 2026 Christof Brandtner, Next City. Strategize! City Design, climate crisis, Green Transition, Sustainability

The librarians at the San Mateo Public Library were literally in the dark when they decided to go green. Property owners in San Mateo County had just passed a general bond obligation contributing $35 million for a new library building, topped off by the State of California with a $20 million grant. “We had several public meetings asking our citizens: What do you want in your new public library?” a senior library management analyst recalled. It was the late ‘90s, when California utility PG&E was experiencing rolling black outs, and a teacher who was starting a sustainability studies program raised her hand during one of those meetings. “[She] said: ‘Why can’t we build a sustainable building?’ It was like a light bulb went off.”

New Oregon Union Coalition Will Make A Push For ‘Climate Jobs’

February 28, 2026 Don McIntosh, People's World. Organize! Green Transition, Oregon, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Portland, OR — A newly formed coalition of Oregon unions will advocate for a union-built transition to clean energy. And it has a big head start on how to achieve that: A book-length set of policy recommendations from the Climate Jobs Institute, part of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. The group is called Climate Jobs Oregon. It held its public launch on January 23 at the IBEW Local 48 hall in Portland, followed by tours of four construction union training centers. The launch party was packed with state, county, and city elected officials and their staffs, and attendees applauded the commitment of sponsoring unions to promote green jobs that are good jobs too.

Top Ten Local Policies For 2026

February 27, 2026 Michael Shuman, The Main Street Journal. Create! Green Transition, Local Economy, Local Investment, Sustainability

Last month, I circulated a list of the top ten policies that state governments could enact to support local business and local economies. Some of you wanted me to repeat this exercise for local governments, where the ability to enact law is more limited, but there’s also the possibility of moving faster. Most of my suggestions below really suggest how your community ought to carry out economic development (ED), which sometimes is done by your municipality and sometimes by an independent agency. The starting place for most of our readers is to compare this list with what purports to be economic development in your community right now. Note the gaps—I doubt you’ll find more than one or two of my items being taken seriously—and push for change.

Positive Action: Education Superheroes Climate Fresk

February 26, 2026 Extinction Rebellion, Popular Resistance. Organize! climate crisis, Education, France, Green Transition

Born in France in 2018, the Climate Fresk movement has now educated over 2.3 million people in 168 countries across the world. At its heart, it’s a collaborative workshop that gets participants thinking about the causes and effects of climate change. But for many, it’s a turning point in their lives, motivating them to set up new green initiatives in their schools, workplaces and beyond. Like Extinction Rebellion, Climate Fresk adopted its organisational model from Sweden’s Pirate Party, first codified in Rick Falkvinge’s 2013 handbook Swarmwise. He described the “swarm” structure: a light central scaffold that empowers people with shared tools, enabling an autonomous movement that scales quickly through decentralisation and initiative.

China’s Green Development Is Both Anti-Imperialist And Socialist

February 24, 2026 A. Shantha, Orinoco Tribune. Create! China, climate crisis, Green Transition, Socialism, Sovereignty

Since the turn of the century, China has been undergoing its own green industrial revolution. In 2023, China was responsible for the production of over 80% of the world’s solar panels and 60% of the world’s electric vehicles.1 China’s domestic New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) — referring to battery/pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and fuel-cell electric vehicles (of which pure electric vehicles are now the most common) — make up more than 90% of sales, compared to the 50% market share held by gas-powered Chinese-branded vehicles.

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