# Unions for climate action!

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Countdown Summit
- Speaker: Payton M. Wilkins
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/payton_m_wilkins_unions_for_climate_action)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In the long term, shutting down a coal mine means cleaner air and a healthier environment — but in the short term, it can devastate a community or family that relied on the mine's paychecks to make ends meet. Environmental justice advocate Payton M. Wilkins thinks we can protect both workers and the planet with an age-old solution: unions. He digs into the economic fallout of ditching fossil fuels and shows why unions are well-positioned to push the transition to clean energy and green jobs.

## Lectures

1. [Unions for climate action!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/payton_m_wilkins_unions_for_climate_action/e0eeb0159575), 10 min (TED's player)