China’s Official 5-Year Plan for 2016 – 2020 was released on March 5, and for the first time, China has set a limit on energy consumption, to 5 billion tons of standard coal equivalent. Kate Gordon of the Paulson Institute considers the impact on coal workers in “ The Fate of Industrial Workers in China’s Proposed Green(er) Economy” (March 22) . For a general overview of the Plan, see the World Resources Institute analysis ; or “China’s New Five-year Plan is out and it doesn’t Sacrifice the Environment for the Economy” in Grist (March 18) .
Work and Climate Change Report
The green transition of work and workplaces: Research and News from a Canadian viewpoint
