Sean Sweeney PhD is the Director of the International Program for Labor, Climate and Environment at the School of Labor and Urban Studies at City University of New York.

His extensive writings, podcasts and videos on energy democracy are available on the unions for energy democracy website: http://unionsforenergydemocracy.org/s...

He is a long time leading trade unionist and climate and energy activist. Originally from the UK, he joins us live from New York to talk about energy democracy and energy ownership in a covid 19 world… Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) is a global, multi-sector initiative to advance democratic direction and control of energy in a way that promotes solutions to the climate crisis, energy poverty, the degradation of both land and people, and responds to the attacks on workers’ rights and protections.

TUED is a multi-partner initiative coordinated by the New York-based International Program for Labor, Climate and Environment (IPLCE) in cooperation with the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung-New York Office.