A Just Green Transition: Concepts and Practice So Far
A 2022 policy brief which argues that a globally ‘just transition’ requires international support for developing countries that takes into account their realities, capacities, and priorities.
[Originally posted at https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/publication/PB_141.pdf]
Latin American Economic Outlook 2022: Towards a Green and Just Transition
A 2022 edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook which explores options for the region to recast its production models, transform its energy matrix and create better jobs in the process. It argues that, for this transition to be just, stronger social protection systems and open dialogue must help build new, sustainable social contracts. In support of this ambitious agenda, the report presents an array of financing options, including green finance, and advocates for renewed international partnerships.
[Originally posted at https://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/48415]
COP27 Implementation Plan
The COP27 implementation plan is, effectively, the final positions and outcomes of the climate change summit.
[Originally posted at https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cop27_auv_2_cover%20decision.pdf]
COP27 Funding Agreement
The COP27 language outlining the establishment of a fund to respond to loss and damage particularly for lower-income countries.
[Originally posted at https://unfccc.int/news/cop27-reaches-breakthrough-agreement-on-new-loss-and-damage-fund-for-vulnerable-countries]
Pursuing Clean Energy Equitably
A 2011 paper which explores the opportunities for a ‘just transition’ to low carbon and sustainable energy systems; one that addresses the current inequities in the distribution of energy benefits and their human and ecological costs.
[Originally posted at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2351464]
The Closing Window: Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies [Executive Summary]
A 2022 executive summary of a report, under the same title, which acts as a testimony to inadequate action on the global climate crisis, and is a call for the rapid transformation of societies.
[Originally posted at https://reliefweb.int/report/world/emissions-gap-report-2022-closing-window-climate-crisis-calls-rapid-transformation-societies-enarruzhsw]
The Closing Window: Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies [Key Summary]
A 2022 key messages from a report, under the same title, which acts as a testimony to inadequate action on the global climate crisis, and is a call for the rapid transformation of societies.
[Originally posted at https://reliefweb.int/report/world/emissions-gap-report-2022-closing-window-climate-crisis-calls-rapid-transformation-societies-enarruzhsw]
The Closing Window: Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
A 2022 report which acts as a testimony to inadequate action on the global climate crisis, and is a call for the rapid transformation of societies.
[Originally posted at https://reliefweb.int/report/world/emissions-gap-report-2022-closing-window-climate-crisis-calls-rapid-transformation-societies-enarruzhsw]
Mobilizing Energy Action: The High-Level Dialogue on Energy and Its Impacts
A 2021 event report on the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy which took place on 24 September 2021, with more than 130 global leaders, including Heads of State and Government, Ministers, Executive Heads of UN entities and international organizations, CEOs and other multi-stakeholder representatives, where they announced ambitious targets, transformational actions and bold investments towards achieving universal energy access and net-zero emissions.
[Originally posted at https://www.seforall.org/publications/mobilizing-energy-action-the-high-level-dialogue-on-energy-and-its-impacts]
Safe Climate: A Report of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
A 2019 report in which the Special Rapporteur illustrates the devastating effects of the current global climate emergency on the enjoyment of human rights, and the crucial role for human rights in catalyzing action to address climate change.
[Originally posted at https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Environment/SREnvironment/Report.pdf]
Just Transition of the Workforce, and the Creation of Decent Work and Quality Jobs
A 2016 technical paper by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which provides an overview of the work undertaken under the Convention on a just transition of the workforce, and the creation of decent work and quality jobs in the context of the impact of the implementation of response measures. The paper also presents the general concept of just transition, including the drivers and objectives of such transitions, and then discusses the linkages between just transition and the impacts of the implementation of climate change mitigation policies. [Originally posted at https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Just%20transition.pdf]
Transport for Sustainable Development: The Case of Inland Transport
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe produced this December 2015 report looking at the relationship between transport and social, economic and environmental sustainability worldwide, providing deeper insight into the current state of the five dimensions of sustainable transport – access (mobility of individuals and for societies), affordability (of transport for individuals and society), safety, security and environmental impact (of transport and on transport).