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Just Transitions in a Public School Food System: The Case of Buffalo, New York
A 2018 article which examines the public school food system in Buffalo, New York, for a 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/631]
Addressing the Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing Policies
A 2018 paper which lays out key considerations for addressing key distributional impacts of carbon pricing policy. [Originally posted at https://www.adelphi.de/en/system/files/mediathek/bilder/Addressing%20distributional%20impacts%20of%20carbon%20pricing%20policies%20-%20adelphi.pdf]
Funding the Just Transition to a Net Zero Economy in Europe: Opportunities in the Next EU Budget
A 2018 report which aims to assess the Commission’s recently released sectoral proposals for the next 2021-2027 multi-annual financial framework. It explores the contribution of several instruments - Cohesion Policy Funds, European Social Fund Plus, InvestEU, Horizon Europe and European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - to the 'just transition' agenda. It also identifies options for the EU regulator to better align funds with this agenda. [Originally posted at https://www.euki.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/E3G-Report-Funding-the-just-transition-to-a-net-zero-economy-in-Europe.pdf]
The Paris Agreement and South Africa’s Just Transition
A 2018 briefing paper which explores the relationship between South Africa’s Paris pledge and the concept of a 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://benlparr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MSSI-Briefing-Paper_10_SA_2018.pdf]
Just Transition (To a Zero-Carbon Economy): State of Art of the EU Policy Debate
A 2018 presentation by Bela Galgoczi, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, to the ACW All-Team Meeting, November 11, 2018, at York University, Toronto. The presentation focuses on how the concept of 'just transition' has developed into a mainstream demand for European labour unions. [Originally posted at https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/39297]
Making Decarbonization Work for Workers: Policies for a Just Transition to a Zero-Carbon Economy in Canada
A 2018 report which distinguishes between reactive 'just transition' policies, which are intended to minimize the harm to workers of decarbonization, and proactive just transition policies, which are intended to maximize the benefits. If the broad goal of a just transition is to ensure an equitable, productive outcome for all workers in the zero-carbon economy, a mix of reactive and proactive elements is necessary [Originally posted at https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/39435]
The Just Transition Challenge: Avoiding Carbon Leakage and Jobs Off-Shoring in Decarbonising International Supply Chains
A 2018 report which demonstrates that displacement of currently EU-based production activity could potentially lead to reductions in domestic jobs and GDP, combined with a net increase in global CO2 emissions. [Originally posted at https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/66207/]
From Paris to Katowice: The EU Needs to Step Up its Game on Climate Change and Set its Own Just Transition Framework
A 2018 policy brief which examines implications of the EU’s targets for reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for labour markets. [Originally posted at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3211822]
The Just Transition Challenge: Avoiding Carbon Leakage and Jobs Off-Shoring in Decarbonising International Supply Chains
A 2018 paper which demonstrates that displacement of currently EU-based production activity could potentially lead to reductions in domestic jobs and GDP, combined with a net increase in global CO2 emissions. [Originally posted at https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/66207/]
Green Jobs: Potential for Employment in the Republic of Serbia
A 2018 paper which puts emphasis not only on employment problems but also on perspective of increasing employment rate in the Republic of Serbia (Serbia) in the field of circular economy. [Originally posted at https://anali.ef.uns.ac.rs/index.php/AnnalsEFSU/article/view/19]
Shaped by Chevron: Race, Responsibility, and Resistance in Richmond, California
A 2018 dissertation which delves deep into community history to understand how the evolution of corporate community relations practices have shaped regional racial formation, community development, and community organizing in Richmond. [Originally posted at https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:m044c6338/fulltext.pdf]
Aligning Fossil Fuel Production with the Paris Agreement: Insights for the UNFCCC Talanoa Dialogue
A 2018 brief which focuses on how fossil fuel production fits into the process of progressing towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and maps a more ambitious pathway forward, using the three guiding questions of the Talanoa Dialogue: Where are we? Where do we want to go? and How do we get there? [Originally posted at https://newsroom.unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/11_12_13__SEI_Talanoa_Fossil_Fuels.pdf]
Transition Movement Grants
A 2018 report on the Just Transition Fund which is on a mission to create economic opportunity for the frontline communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from coal. [Originally posted at https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fda3b73811ec6ecfc5dbfcb/5fda3b73811ec62ddc5dc03b_jtf-MovementGrantmaking-report-2018-Final.pdf]
Just Energy Transition: Community Ownership, Jobs and the Future of Renewable Energy Systems
A 2018 reflection paper which came after an event in which COSATU, NALEDI and Project 90 by 2030 with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, hosted a discussion event in Johannesburg on 7th August 2018 to gather input from a number of stakeholders on this topic. This reflection paper brings out a few of the important points provided by each presenter and then identifies other key themes that emerged from the event. This paper is not a full summary of content from the event, but captures some of the main themes and aims to stimulate further discussion. [Originally posted at https://90by2030.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/3.-Reflection-Paper_Proof-3_18Dec2018_HighRes.pdf]
Considering Renewable Energy Jobs Within a Just Energy Transition in South Africa
A 2018 reflection paper which came after an event in which the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO), in collaboration with Project 90 by 2030, hosted a roundtable discussion in Johannesburg on 28th November 2017 to gather input from a number of stakeholders on the topic of renewable energy jobs in South Africa. The discussion topic (A Just Energy Transition in South Africa: Renewable Energy Jobs - The Reality and the Potential) was informed by presentations from representatives from the renewable energy industry, labour movement and research institutions. This paper brings out a few of the important points provided by each presenter and then identifies other key themes that emerged from the event. [Originally posted at https://90by2030.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Reflection-Paper-6March2018.pdf]
Unlocking Green Jobs in South Africa: A Catalytic Intervention Synthesis Report
A 2018 document which summarizes the findings of a two-year initiative and collaboration on Unlocking Green Jobs: A Catalytic Intervention between the World Wide Fund for Nature, South Africa (WWF-SA) and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). [Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/images/Unlocking_green_jobs_in_South_Africa_A_catalytic_intervention_Synthesis_report_.pdf]

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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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