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Green Transitions, Just Transitions? Fusing Social and Environmental Justice
A 2015 chapter which aims to highlight some key factors that must be taken into consideration if we are to better understand both 'just transition' and the justice in transition strategies, and their limits. [Originally posted at https://global-labour-university.org/wp-content/uploads/fileadmin/GLU_conference_2015/papers/Stevis_and_Romain_Felli.pdf]
A Trade Union Approach to Climate Justice: The Campaign Strategy of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
A 2015 article which investigates how the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) developed an approach to climate justice and is intervening to shape policy around the 'just transition' in South Africa. [Originally posted at https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/article/view/2325]
Sustainable Industrial Transformation: For Whom and Where to Start?
A 2015 article which outlines a framework for achieving sustainable industrial transformation in pursuit of fulfilling the Paris Climate Agreement and the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, with a focus on the impact on workers. [Originally posted at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41301-016-0040-2]
The Political Economy of Decarbonisation: Exploring the Dynamics of South Africa’s Electricity Sector
A 2015 paper which presents an in-depth and historical analysis of the key features of South Africa’s electricity sector and the stakeholders and beneficiaries operating within it. [Originally posted at https://www.africaportal.org/publications/the-political-economy-of-decarbonisation-exploring-the-dynamics-of-south-africas-electricity-sector/]
A Superfund for Workers
When the Dominion Corporation proposed, on April 1, 2013, to build a liquefied natural gas export facility at Cove Point, Md., right on the Chesapeake Bay, seven hundred people demonstrated against it and many were arrested in a series of civil disobedience actions. But an open letter endorsing the project maintained it would “create more than 3,000 construction jobs” most of which would go “to local union members.” The letter—on Dominion letterhead—was signed not only by business leaders, but also by twenty local and national trade union leaders. [Originally posted at https://ecology.iww.org/PDF/LNS/1115brecher.pdf]
Jobs After Coal: A Just Transition for New Zealand Communities
A 2015 report which outlines the planning process for a 'just transition' away from coal to new industries and new jobs, where communities are supported to take control of their own future. [Originally posted at https://coalactionnetworkaotearoa.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/jac_2015_final-low-res2.pdf]
Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all
A 2015 Guide from the International Labor Organization outlining early and basic principles for Just Transition. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/green-jobs/WCMS_824102/lang--en/index.htm]
Renewable Energy in the Arab World: Transfer of Knowledge and Prospects for Arab Cooperation
A comprehensive book published in October 2015 looks at the future of renewable energy in the Arab World. It is written by Dr. Odeh Al-Jayyousi. [Originally posted at http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/amman/11667.pdf ]
Greening Steel: Innovation for Climate Change Mitigation in the Steel Sector
A briefing from the OECD examining the steel industry need to "shift away from current production methods towards new methods of production".
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).
Revitalizing Appalachia How Congress Can Correct Distortions in the Coal Market and Invest in Struggling Coal Communities
A 2015 report from the U.S. Center for American Progress that advocates political action to "correct the flaws in the federal coal-leasing program that create these market distortions, principally related to royalty rates that mining companies pay on the value of surface-mined coal extracted from federal land.
Just Transition Creating a Green Social Contract for BC’s Resource Workers
A January 2015 report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives examining Just Transition for resource workers in British Columbia
A Comprehensive Analysis of the Employment Impacts of the EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan
A 2015 analysis by the U.S. Economic Policy Institute of the jobs impact of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed regulation, The Clean Power Plan, calling for emission limits to be met by 2020 and instructing states to develop plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel–fired electric generating units.

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Covid-19 and a Just Transition in India's Coal Mining Sector The COVID 19 pandemic hit India hard in early 2020, with negative GDP growth and a surge in unemployment. In the energy sector, coal fired power generation was already under pressure from overcapacity, low electricity demand growth, and increasingly competitive renewables.
Considerations for a Just and Equitable Energy Transition As the energy transition accelerates, it is our responsibility, it is our opportunity, to ensure that in addition to contributing to a healthy planet by replacing fossil fuels with clean energy sources, this is accomplished in a just and equitable manner providing prosperity for all.

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