What are the challenges of the ecological and inclusive transition?

What are the challenges of the ecological and inclusive transition?

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Nothing will be the same as before.

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At the beginning of the 21st century, we can no longer pretend. We know that the planet is in danger. Even if it's painful information, let's not fall into denial. The IPCC report released in April 2022 gives us 3 years to act. The younger generations are well aware of this reality. They want to take action and are pushing the whole of society to change. Their energy is a great engine for making things change.

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A challenge for businesses

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Our economies have been built on the paradigm of easily available and cheap fossil energy. This has led to the climate disorders that we know. Reversing the curves requires proactive action to reinvent entire sectors of our economy. Businesses need to transform their products, their production and distribution methods, and their economic models. As with all rapid developments, this transition to sustainable business will reshuffle the cards. We experienced a similar situation 20 years ago with the digital transition: businesses that were slow to transform suffered, some disappeared. The same challenge is facing them today. The most agile companies that know how to support the ecological transition will have an easier time recruiting talent and attracting new customers. This transformation is under way.

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Social and ecological transition, everything is linked

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But this ecological transition cannot succeed without social support. In our fractured society, it is an illusion to ask consumers to put the planet first if they are worried about the end of the month. Building a more just and inclusive society is part of the great movement that we are calling for.

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Acting for social justice

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Each election reminds us that our society is more divided than ever. Fear and mistrust are the breeding grounds for extreme votes. Even when the numbers don't agree, the feeling of social inertia is there. Some populations feel neglected, they think they are less likely to succeed than others. This creates resentment that fuels mistrust and even hate.

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The major challenges of social justice

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In 2015, the UN defined seventeen sustainable development goals: the eradication of poverty, the fight against hunger, access to health, access to education, etc. This compass guides governments in their political choices. But it is often perceived as a technocratic tool that is not easily accessible to citizens. Other actors favour a strategy by type of beneficiary:
• children,
• young people,
• women,
• people with disabilities,
• LGBT+ people,
• elderly people,
• etc...

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Whatever the approach, it is the clarity of the objectives that will make the policy successful.