Work and environment in the energy transition of Ravenna: a difficult confrontation

Journal title ECONOMIA E SOCIETÀ REGIONALE
Author/s Matteo Lupoli, Giada F.P. Coleandro
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/2
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 75-89 File size 280 KB
DOI 10.3280/ES2024-002006
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The effects of the ecological crisis make it urgent to implement measures aimed at making the energy sector more environmentally sustainable, but this raises a series of issues related to job stability. This paper aims to reflect on the intersection between energy transition scenarios and a Just Transition. The article will present the results of research conducted in the city of Ra-venna, involving workers from the energy company Eni, the two main sector unions, and en-vironmental groups. The Ravenna area is particularly interesting because it has historically played, and still plays, a leading role in national energy production and is tied to methane ex-traction, a fossil fuel that some have seen for decades as a "bridge" for the transition. In this context, various ideas and visions clash and today seem far from being reconciled.

Keywords: Energy Transition, Just Transition, Ravenna, Gas, Work

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Matteo Lupoli, Giada F.P. Coleandro, Lavoro e ambiente nella transizione energetica di Ravenna: un incontro difficile in "ECONOMIA E SOCIETÀ REGIONALE " 2/2024, pp 75-89, DOI: 10.3280/ES2024-002006