As global leaders convene for COP27 in Egypt, ITF project coordinator Bruno Dobrusin outlines how the world can learn from the just transition underway in Santiago. For the first time, a union in Chile has negotiated just transition clauses into their collective bargaining process. The process started in 2021 when the confederation of subway workers’ unions (FESIMETRO) began a process of engagement with the ITF and the concept of just transition with regards to subway workers. Workers were well aware of the impacts of climate change and the introduction of new technologies in their workplaces, but they had not had the opportunity to debate it, connect with global just transition discussions, and eventually implement it at the local level. (....)