Power Struggles: An Exploration of the Contribution Of Renewable Energy to Sustainable Development, Decent Work And the “Just Transition” Through a Case Study of Wind Farm Development Outside Loeriesfontein, Northern Cape Province (2011-2020)
A 2022 dissertation which explores the contribution of renewable energy to sustainable development, “decent work” and the “just transition” to a lowcarbon economy in South Africa.
[Originally posted at https://scholar.sun.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10019.1/124613/malope_power_2022.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y]
Supporting Young Oil and Gas Workers in Alberta: Lessons from Just Transition
A 2020 study which examines potential improvements to Alberta’s employment services system and its active labour market policies to better support young oil and gas workers in their adjustment.
[Originally posted at https://summit.sfu.ca/item/20104]
Climate Change and Just Transition: What Will Workers Need?
A 2017 report which argues that the time has come to address the controversial realities that as a global community we are currently facing: climate change and global warming.
[Originally posted at https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/39294]
Just Transition Study Update
A 2021 report which serves as an update to the previous analysis, and utilizes new data obtained from RESI’s GGRA Plan Analysis that was conducted for the state of Maryland.
[Originally posted at https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/ClimateChange/Documents/2030%20GGRA%20Plan/Just%20Transition%20Study%20Update.pdf]
Policy Toolbox for a Just Transition
A 2021 paper which aims to contribute to unpacking the meaning of a ‘just transition’ and the tools to foster it. It discusses the three key dimensions of a just transition – procedural, distributive and restorative justice – highlighted the varying degrees of ambition existing in different framings and review the policy toolbox for each of the three dimensions.
[Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/just-transition/item/4221-policy-toolbox-for-a-just-transition]
Skills Development and Inclusivity for Clean Energy Transitions
A 2022 report which compiles a collection of case studies from around that world that showcase programmes designed to address skills development of workforces for energy transitions.
[Originally posted at https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/953c5393-2c5b-4746-bf8e-016332380221/Skillsdevelopmentandinclusivityforcleanenergytransitions.pdf]
Just Transition: From Principles to Action – Supporting Workers Transition from High to Low-Carbon Careers
A report which has developed a series of actions and a number of recommendations for industry and government which specifically aim to promote a smooth, fair and ‘just transition’ to net zero for workers.
[Originally posted at https://www.sse.com/media/5gklydzs/just-transition-supporting-workers-transition.pdf]
Economic Adjustment Assistance: Federal Programs Intended to Help Beneficiaries Adjust to Economic Disruption
This document is a letter from the U.S. Government Accountability Office to two U.S. Senators describing the federal programs and tax expenditure support economic adjustment, including objectives, eligibility requirements, beneficiaries, obligations, and expenditures.
(Originally posted at https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-19-85r.pdf ]
Just Transition in the U.S.: A Harsh Mirage Absent a Fundamental Revolution
This July 2021 analysis by Jonathan Tasini (publisher and executive editor of Just Transition For All) looks at the landscape for Just Transition in the context of the positions and policies of the Biden Administration.
(Originally posted at http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/usa/18089.pdf ]