Just Transition and Jobs in Greece
A 2020 report which aims to buttress the effort of helping out lignite regions in Greece by way of creation of jobs as well as by developing the potential for growth of a lively economy.
[Originally posted at https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/policy_brief_just_transition__jobs_in_greece__english.pdf]
Just Transition Development Plan of Lignite Areas
A 2020 text, which is the main body and the basic specifications of the master ‘just transition’ plan for Western Macedonia and Megalopolis.
[Originally posted at https://www.sdam.gr/sites/default/files/consultation/Master_Plan_Public_Consultation_ENG.pdf]
Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland
A 2020 report, which runs an analysis of transitions away from fossil-fuel-based regional employment in Australia’s Latrobe Valley, Scotland’s Just Transition Commission and Germany’s Ruhr Valley and Lausitz/Lusatia, finds that an inclusive, iterative, place-based, context-specific approach enabled by public investment provides the best outcomes, including the creation of low-carbon employment alternatives.
[Originally posted http://files.nesc.ie/nesc_research_series/Research_Series_Paper_15_TTCaseStudies.pdf]
Just Transitions: A Review of How to Decarbonise Energy Systems While Addressing Poverty and Inequality Reduction
A 2022 paper which takes a broad perspective by considering the decarbonization of the energy sector as a whole, outlining the connections between ‘just transition’, poverty and inequality, and exploring how to ensure a ‘just transition’ (for both workers and consumers) through the use of different social protection mechanisms. It argues that it is possible to make energy transitions just, but that properly designed combinations of socio-economic and climate policies are needed.
[Originally posted at https://www.idos-research.de/discussion-paper/article/just-transitions-a-review-of-how-to-decarbonise-energy-systems-while-addressing-poverty-and-inequality-reduction/]
A Blueprint for Europe’s Just Transition
A 2019 Blueprint which sets out the pathways to a Green New Deal for Europe, showing how communities and grassroots organizations can mobilize to make this vision a reality.
[Originally posted at https://diem25.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Green_New_Deal_for_Europe_%E2%80%93_Report_v2.pdf]
“Just Transition” – Just What Is It?
A 2016 report which aims to assess the notion of ‘just transition’, how it is being used, what kinds of ideas and approaches are surfacing for short and long-term strategies, and what kinds of relationships groups are developing in pursuit of a ‘just transition’. Its purpose is to open a broad and respectful discussion about the varied ways the ‘just transition’ frame is being used, and whether then can contribute to a shared
vision of how to make the transition we face a ‘just transition’.
[Originally posted at https://www.labor4sustainability.org/files/Just_Transition_Just_What_Is_It.pdf]
Just Transition: Tools for Protecting Workers and Their Communities at Risk of Displacement Due to Climate Policy
A 2020 chapter which discusses how California can ensure a ‘just transition’ for workers and communities negatively affected by the climate policies discussed in this report.
[Originally posted at https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Chapter-4-Just-Transition-Putting-California-on-the-High-Road.pdf]
Transition Towards a Climate-Neutral Economy
A 2019 chapter which discusses how regions in industrial transition can successfully manage the transition towards a climate-neutral economy.
[Originally posted at https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/81ebdb4c-en.pdf?expires=1663681293&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=20A416FF5F6A5C0DF84FFCD0B15AA770]
Enable a Just Transition for American Fossil Fuel Workers Through Federal Action
A 2022 report which explores the rapid adoption of ‘just transition’ initiatives and explains it by three factor.
[Originally posted at https://www.brookings.edu/research/enable-a-just-transition-for-american-fossil-fuel-workers-through-federal-action/]
The Just Transition Challenge in Asia. Securing Decent and Climate-friendly Jobs for All
A 2022 paper by the ITUC-Asia Pacific which is meant to clarify and popularise the centrality of JT as a response to the climate emergency. This monograph covers the following topics:
union climate advocacy in the Asia-Pacific, changes in the jobs market due to climate action, JT development challenges, the role of social dialogue in climate policy and economic restructuring, examples of country-level climate programmes and trade union initiatives/responses, and lessons and recommendations on the way forward. [Originally posted at https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6177a47207bd8b3a8f4b6de9/6260f4af771bee51da0229ba_ITUC-AP_JustTransition_PolicyPaper%20-%20Mar%2004%20revised.pdf]
Europe’s Coal Regions: Boosting Employment, Environment, Economy Through ‘Just Transition’
A 2021 study which found that a successful ‘just transition’ is a complex procedure. But if done right, it can have a net benefit on
coal regions in terms of employment, the economy and the environment.
[Originally posted at https://www.wwf.eu/?3223816/Europes-coal-regions-boosting-employment-environment-economy-through-just-transition]
Climate, Jobs and Justice for a Green and Socially Just Transition
A 2021 report which tries to explain what ‘just transition’ entails and to provide orientation in the vast terrain surrounding this concept.
[Originally posted at https://gef.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GEF_just-transition-paper-EN-Final.pdf]
A Plan for Jobs in UK Manufacturing
A plan proposed by the UK Unite the Union for “Seven ‘shovel ready’ projects to save jobs, create jobs and meet our climate obligations”
[Originally posted at https://www.unitetheunion.org/media/3659/9358_plan-for-green_a4_6-4.pdf ]
Prevailing Wages Can Build Good Jobs into Americas Electric Vehicle Industry
A July 2022 report by the Center for American Progress arguing for the need for “prevailing wage” laws to ensure the electric vehicle industry creates good jobs.
[Originally posted at https://www.americanprogress.org/article/prevailing-wages-can-build-good-jobs-into-americas-electric-vehicle-industry/
EU Coal Regions: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
A 2018 report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission entify the regions2 that looks at the “potential decline of coal mining and coal power-plant activities” and assesses “the impact on regional jobs” as well “reviews potential actions that could be undertaken at regional
level, which could help re-use retired coal infrastructure and re-deploy personnel to new
activities or extend the life of coal power plants with lower impact to the environment, thus maintaining jobs and economic activities within the affected regions”
[Originally posted at https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC112593/kjna29292enn.pdf]
Clean Energy Technologies in Coal Regions: Opportunities for Jobs and Growth: Deployment Potential and Impacts
This in-depth report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre analyzes “the opportunities in coal regions stemming from the deployment of power generation technologies from wind, solar photovoltaics, bioenergy and geothermal sources, as well as on coal-fired power plants with carbon capture.”
[Originally posted at https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC117938/clean_energy_technologies_in_coal_regions_online.pdf]