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Oct 15, 2026
Beyond income: the new inequalities of the climate transition
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Katrina SickleHOST
When we say green and digital transitions can deepen existing inequalities, what do we mean in practice? Could you each give one or two real-world examples? Let's start with you, Laurent.
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1:51Laurent StandaertGUEST
Thank you for having me, and thank you for having me on this podcast because I think this is a, a much deeper political question, and so I'm very thankful to DG Employment and to this podcast.
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1:59Laurent StandaertGUEST
The first thing I would say is that these are transformations and not transitions.
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2:04Laurent StandaertGUEST
This is the third wave of risk after, you know, the industrial and post-industrial risk.
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2:10Laurent StandaertGUEST
This is a new material world out there, both in terms of digital and green aspects.
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2:16Laurent StandaertGUEST
So we're facing a new material world that means concretely heat waves, the prices of inflation, uh, induced by climate change.
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Katrina SickleHOST
We often talk about helping vulnerable groups to adapt, but is there a risk that this puts too much responsibility on people to adjust instead of questioning how the transition itself is being designed? Laurent?