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Beyond Fossil Fuels. Planning a Just Transition for Alaska's Economy
A 2017 report which seeks to describe key features of Alaska’s economic landscape and highlight existing community projects and ideas that are signposts on the road to a sustainable economy. In addition the report includes recommendations for policies that could help amplify and accelerate this transition beyond a continued economic dependence on fossil fuels and toward a just and sustainable economy. [Originally posted at https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Arctic-Report-2017-10-13.pdf]
Guiding Principles & Lessons Learnt For a Just Energy Transition in the Global South
A 2017 study which provides an overview of the different 'just transition', energy transformation and climate justice discourses of the previous years and how they are ultimately reflected in the Paris Agreement. It shows how they overlap in terms of transition narratives and policy demands. [Originally posted at https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/13955.pdf]
At the Crossroads: Balancing the Financial and Social Costs of Coal Transition in China
A 2017 report which examines the current status of the coal transition in Shanxi and proposes recommendations for how reform can be managed to ensure that economic, social and environmental factors are built into the process. [Originally posted at https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/crossroads-balancing-financial-social-costs-coal-transition-china.pdf]
Promoting Socially and Economically Just Energy Transitions in Asia
A 2017 paper which provides a summary of some of the key findings of a Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung-funded international research project, Socially and Economically Just Energy Transformations in Asia, which examined recent developments related to renewable energy and low-carbon energy transitions in eight Asian countries. [Originally posted at https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/vietnam/13730.pdf]
Jobs and the Low-Carbon Energy Transition: Perspectives from Cumberland County
A 2017 commentary which begins in Cumberland County, in Northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, where new jobs are emerging in the renewable energy sector. It argues that the shifts underway in Cumberland County are representative of a larger, global transition, as job losses in the fossil fuel industry are replaced by growth in renewable energy. [Originally posted https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/jobs-low-carbon-energy-transition-cumberland-county-commentary.pdf]
The End of Coal Mining in South Wales: Lessons Learned from Industrial Transformation
A 2017 report which reviews the economic and political context of coal mining in South Wales, describing the origins of coal mining, its growth through the industrial revolution and into the inter-war period, its gradual but irreversible decline after the Second World War, and its eventual disappearance in the 1990s. It then examines the pronounced social and community consequences of mining and the closure of coal mines, drawing attention to the role of unionized labour and the role it played throughout the rise and fall of mining in Wales. [Originally posted at https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/end-of-coal-mining-south-wales-lessons-learned.pdf]
Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and the Just Transition: Integrating Approaches for Complementary Outcomes
A 2017 paper which goes into detail about the various ways in which Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (FFSR) can be consistent with 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-and-just-transition-integrating-approaches]
Strengthening Just Transition Policies in International Climate Governance
A 2017 policy analysis brief which provides some context and history to the concept of 'just transition', elaborates on its key policies, and examines how it could be further incorporated into international climate change policy. It also aims at providing a stepping-stone for broader engagement by the climate community on this issue. [Originally posted at https://stanleycenter.org/publications/pab/RosembergPABStrengtheningJustTransition417.pdf]
Eight Steps for a Just Transition
A 2017 guide which offers some pointers for initiating a 'just transition' process. [Originally posted at https://bankwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/eight-steps-just-transition.pdf]
Just Transition A Report for the OECD
A 2017 report prepared for the Just Transition Centre, with contributions from ITUC, TUAC and ITUC affiliates. It was provided to the OECD in the context of the project “Growth, investment and the low carbon transition.” [Originally posted at https://www.oecd.org/environment/cc/g20-climate/collapsecontents/Just-Transition-Centre-report-just-transition.pdf]
A Just Transition: Why Transitioning Workers into a New Clean Energy Economy Should Be at the Center of Climate Change Policies
A 2017 report which looks at New York State’s recently announced Clean Climate Careers Initiative and analyzes it through a proposed 'just transition' framework by building on examples from the United States and Germany. [Originally posted at https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1796&context=elr]
Energy Transition in Thailand- Challenges and Opportunities
A 2017 study as part of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's regional project on energy transition in Asia, the report looks at the status of Just Transition. [Originally posted at https://asia.fes.de/news/energy-transition-in-thailand]
Just Transition: A Working People’s Response to Climate Change
An October 2017 outline of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions' vision for a Just Transition

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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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