In search of a just transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and climate adaptation: A nexus for social justice in the North of Tyne

英国承诺到2050年实现温室气体净零排放。净零需要为我们的水、能源、运输和食品系统制定新的蓝图，必须在30年内大幅削减它们的排放。我们如何确保向净零和气候适应的过渡对英国人民来说是一个公正和公平的过渡？为了找出答案，这个项目将考察这些不同系统之间的相互联系，即所谓的“纽带”，以了解它们作为一个整体对社会公正净零的贡献。能源是水、交通和食物之间的公共接口，它将能源正义作为其“指南针”来导航这一联系。这项研究将揭示如何通过将社会正义置于纽带的中心来减少温室气体排放和适应气候变化，以实现公正的过渡。该项目将与泰恩北部联合管理局合作，调查气候政策干预和公民参与泰恩北部的Nexus系统，重点是纽卡斯尔螺旋，这是纽卡斯尔城市可持续发展的典范。该项目将调查泰恩北部的气候行动计划和政策如何告知纽卡斯尔螺旋公司为社会正义创造联系。通过与主要利益攸关方的参与性行动研究方法，该项目力求了解净零排放和气候适应政策如何不会进一步使最弱势群体处于不利地位并加剧社会经济不平等，并将为实现公正过渡提出切实可行的办法。

The UK has committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Net-zero requires a new blueprint for our water, energy, transport and food systems that must cut their emissions substantially in 30 years' time. How can we ensure that the transition to net-zero and climate adaptation is a just and fairtransition for the people of the UK? To find out this project will look at the interlinkages between these different systems, known as the 'nexus', to understand their contribution as a whole to a socially just net-zero. It uses energy justice as its 'compass' to navigate the nexus as energy is the common interface betweenwater, transport and food. The research will reveal how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change by placing social justice at the centre of the nexus in order to achieve a just transition. In partnership with the North of Tyne Combined Authority, the project will investigate climate policy interventions and citizen engagements with nexus systems in the North of Tyne, focusing on Newcastle Helix, an exemplar urban sustainable development in Newcastle. The project will investigate how climate action plans and policies in the North of Tyne can inform Newcastle Helix to create a nexus for social justice. Through participatory action research methods with key stakeholders, the project seeks to understand how policies for net-zero and climate adaptation do not further disadvantage the most vulnerable and increase socioeconomic inequalities, and will suggest practical ways forward for attaining a just transition.