Implementing Justice: The Belem-Antalya Mechanism for Just Transition at COP31

Workers and communities, especially in the Global South, welcomed and celebrated the UN climate talks (COP30) decision to develop a just transition mechanism - the Belem-Antalya Mechanism for Just Transition (or BAM), containing the most progressive language on rights, inclusion, economic and social justice in a COP ever.

The BAM can deliver real support and action for just transitions on the ground, improving the lives and livelihoods of billions, and ushering in a new era of climate cooperation: one with people and our rights at the centre. 

At the COP31, Global North governments must match the ambition of the moment by backing an inclusive, powerful BAM with a permanent institutional home (i.e. as a constituted body of the UNFCCC), and ensuring it is up and working by 2027.