2018
A 2018 agreement by the Indigenous Environmental Network which outlines a series of principles for a 'just transition' to a green economy. It recognizes Indigenous rights, sovereignty, and assertion of self-determination along with a place-based set of principles, processes and practices for collaborating with the public and private sectors.
[Originally posted at https://www.ienearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PrinciplesJustTransition-Color.pdf]
A 2018 short paper which aims to articulate the shared analysis & principles held by members of the Climate Justice Alliance, recognizing that a 'just transition' will look different in different places.
[Originally posted at https://climatejusticealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CJA_JustTransition_Principles_final_hi-rez.pdf]
A 2018 paper which contributes to the emerging field of urban sustainability transitions by examining how the scaling up of decarbonisation is achieved across space, beyond local niche experimentation. It identifies a critical limitation of existing multilevel frameworks which recognise non-linearities and multiplicity of pathways, but maintain an a-spatial diffusion or aggregation model of scaling. To address this gap, the paper analyses financial relations underpinning urban renewable energy interventions in order to illuminate spatial difference in scaling processes. Drawing on empirical cases across national contexts, the paper defines four ‘financial rules’ through which to understand the spatial and scalar boundaries of urban sustainability interventions. These financial rules have distinct implications for the possibilities and limits of ‘just’ transition in cities.
[Originally posted at https://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=37305]
A 2018 paper which examines the ‘theory’ and practice of ‘just transition’ by first considering the competing interpretations and conceptual understandings of it and second, the challenges of realizing a ‘just transition’ in an Australian coal region where transition is occurring. The paper argues that achieving ‘just transition’ requires more than government provisions and interventions and that unions must perform an
active part in the process through their relations with employers, workers, government, and community. It suggests the lack of clarity within the ‘just transition’ literature may be the concept’s lasting strength.
[Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2018.1454679]
A 2018 chapter which presents an outline of a 'social pact' that will ensure the energy transition is a 'just transition', and not just a transition.
[Originally posted at https://institutdelors.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ch4-makingtheenergytransitionaeuropeansuccess-study-pellerincarlinfernandesrubio-june2017.pdf]
A 2018 paper which frames the 'just transition' from a moral and business perspective. It assesses how much responsibility companies and organizations should have for the impact their clients have on climate change and asks to what extent the processes and products of the businesses can influence their clients’ behavior.
[Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/just-transition/item/4064-just-transitions-and-the-green-economy-navigating-the-fault-lines]
A 2018 report which promotes an ecosystems-based approach to promote environmental sustainability and addresses the challenges outlined in the National Development plan. It puts forward forming a Just Transition taskforce driven by the presidency to support the transition process. Several proposals are made to offset the risks of job-losses and support employment creation and intensification in the transition process.
[Originally posted at file:///Users/reema/Downloads/Stream-1-Policy-Brief-2-Climate-Jobs-Policy-Brief-summaryy.pdf]
A 2018 report which sets out a set of voluntary actions to increase energy access in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and it is structured as follow: the vision of the Argentine Presidency for the G20 as it relates to improving energy access and affordability in the LAC region; describes the issues relating to getting to and maintaining universal electricity access; describes actions to use access to promote stronger economic and social development; addresses access to clean cooking and residential heat; sets out various factors that are common to the several forms of energy access and which can increase the effectiveness and impact of access efforts.
[Originally posted at https://biblioteca.olade.org/opac-tmpl/Documentos/old0418.pdf]
A 2018 report which examines why and for what the advancement of renewables is a strategic matter from a left-wing viewpoint, so that
we can evaluate accurately both the transition towards a different energy matrix and the consequent impacts and risks.
[Originally posted at https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Extractivismo_INGLES_FINAL_IMPRENTA.pdf]
A 2018 report which examines the concept of the 'just transition' to the low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. It provides recommendations for business on how to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while enabling economic vitality and ensuring adherence to global labor
standards; how to enhance climate resilience for communities; and how to cultivate effective participation in the social dialogue, which will accelerate such a transition.
[Originally posted at https://www.bsr.org/reports/BSR_Climate_Nexus_Just_Transition.pdf]
A 2018 report which focuses on one particular segment of the ecosystem: networks and collaborations at the state, regional, and national levels that are forging links between grassroots groups and other sectors to address energy issues from a racial and/or economic justice perspective.
[Originally posted at https://climatejusticealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Collaborating-for-Bold-Possibilities_FINAL_830_TO-PRINT_SPREAD.pdf]
A 2018 document which contains the scientific support for a just energy transition, from two perspectives: the Global North (the Netherlands and Europe) and the Global South (Africa).
[Originally posted at http://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/climate_justice/2018/gla-evidence-supporting-just-energy-transition.pdf]
A 2018 report which highlights the need for utility companies to work more closely with investors to both highlight the economic opportunities presented by investing in the 'just transition' and to collaborate to develop innovative financing solutions.
[Originally posted at https://www.sustainability.com/globalassets/sustainability.com/thinking/pdfs/sa-commonthreads-deepdive-energy.pdf]
A 2018 report which briefly reviews developmental weaknesses as they relate specifically to ownership before offering an alternative vision of how renewable energy can be implemented in South Africa as part of a just energy transition.
[Originally posted at https://90by2030.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Just-Energy-Transition-The-Role-of-Ownership-in-a-Just-Energy-Transition.compressed.pdf]
A 2018 report which features seven stories from coal communities around Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the challenges they face as they move away from coal and the solutions they find – sometimes even in spite of resistance from the central governments.
[Originally posted at https://www.euki.de/en/euki-publications/heroes-of-just-transition/]
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