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Accelerating the Low Carbon Transition: The Case for Stronger, More Targeted and Coordinated International Action
A 2019 report, for the governments and businesses that are interested in accelerating deep decarbonization of the world economy, which aims to highlight where their actions can have the greatest impact on accelerating the low carbon transition. [Originally posted at https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Coordinatedactionreport.pdf]
A Just Transition Towards a Resilient and Sustainable Rural Economy
A 2019 report in which the ILO provides policy advice, implements projects, and supports the capacities of its constituents in their efforts to turn the environmental challenges facing rural economies into opportunities for sustainable development. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---sector/documents/publication/wcms_437196.pdf]
Phasing Out Coal - A Just Transition Approach
A 2019 paper which focuses on finding out what a just coal transition might look like in practice. [Originally posted at https://www.etui.org/publications/working-papers/phasing-out-coal-a-just-transition-approach]
An EU Fund for a Just Transition - What It Should Be and Why It Matters
A 2019 report which explores how the EU can help finance a 'just transition' away from coal and fossil fuels to a sustainable and clean economy. [Originally posted at https://www.wwf.eu/?349035/An-EU-fund-for-a-just-transition---what-it-should-be-and-why-it-matters]
Investing in a Just Transition in the UK: How Investors can Integrate Social Impact and Place-Based Financing into Climate Strategies
A 2019 report which sets out the initial findings of a project designed to identify how the opportunity to connect climate action with positive social impact across the country an be realized, with a regional focus on Yorkshire and the Humber. [Originally posted at https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/investing-in-a-just-transition-in-the-uk/]
What Does “Just Transition” Mean for Climate Change Mitigation?
A 2019 paper which argues that there is no “universal blueprint” for a 'just transition', but rather some common principles –principles that ultimately relate to basic philosophical ideas of natural justice, human decency and respect, and theories of effective social change– that are likely to be more or less universal across cultural contexts. [Originally posted at https://www.funcas.es/wp-content/uploads/Migracion/Articulos/FUNCAS_PE/007art03.pdf]
A Just and Equitable Transition
A 2019 policy brief which aims to: explain what is meant by a “just and equitable transition” to a low-carbon future; examine key potential injustices of decarbonization for the city of Edmonton; and lastly, propose principles and an initial set of recommended actions for achieving a “just and equitable transition” to support the updated Community Energy Transition Strategy (CETS). [Originally posted at https://www.edmonton.ca/public-files/assets/document?path=PDF/JustAndEquitableTransition.pdf]
Going Public: A Decarbonised, Affordable and Democratic Energy System for Europe. The failure of energy liberalisation.
This 2019 report from the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) analyzes the need "to rethink how to solve the energy ‘trilemma’ and provide a continuous supply of secure and decarbonised energy that is accessible and affordable for all. Energy must be democratically controlled and offer qual- ity employment for workers." [Originally posted at https://www.epsu.org/sites/default/files/article/files/Going%20Public_EPSU-PSIRU%20Report%202019%20-%20EN.pdf]
Just Transition: For the Coal-Mining Regions in Southwest Bulgaria
A 2019 report which presents solutions to the problems related to the transition from coal industry to a sustainable economy in Southwest Bulgaria. It is an attempt to plan the future of coal regions in Bulgaria and can serve as a tool for policy planning and long-term strategic decision making in this region. [Originally posted at https://regionsbeyondcoal.eu/wwf-bulgaria-just-transition-for-the-coal-mining-regions-in-southwest-bulgaria/]
Why a Just Transition is Crucial for Effective Climate Action
A 2019 paper which is part of The Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), a landmark project which aims to prepare financial markets for climate-related policy risks. [Originally posted at https://www.unpri.org/inevitable-policy-response/why-a-just-transition-is-crucial-for-effective-climate-action/4785.article]
Accelerating the Energy Transition in Latin America: How Argentina, Brazil and Mexico Are Addressing Climate Change and the Energy Transition
A 2019 paper which aims at giving a broad overview of how Argentina, Brazil and Mexico are addressing climate change through the energy sector. [Originally posted at https://www.climate-transparency.org/media/accelerating-the-energy-transition-in-latin-america]
Getting to Net-Zero Emissions: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
A 2019 report which shows the essential role played by long-term strategies in terms of identifying and planning the deployment of the infrastructure and policy packages necessary to ensure a 'just transition' towards a net-zero emission economy. [Originally posted at https://publications.iadb.org/en/getting-net-zero-emissions-lessons-latin-america-and-caribbean]
The End of Coal? Planning a "Just Transition" in South Africa
This 2019 report explores some of the main challenges associated with the likelihood that South Africa’s coal production might decline significantly, potentially over the next five to ten years. It highlights some of the key issues that need to be thought through and discussed as part of ensuring a “just transition” to this future. [Originally posted at https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/planning-a-just-transition-in-south-africa.pdf]
Drilling Technology System: A Win-Win Solution for Just Transition, Leapfrog and International Partnership: Case Study of Bangladesh
A 2019 report which focuses on how accelerated global transition can address the ‘trio’: ‘just, sustainable and peaceful transition’ through cooperation for oil and gas dependent developing countries and what is the potential for leapfrog, using Bangladesh as a case study. [Originally posted at https://www.energy-proceedings.org/drilling-technology-system-a-win-win-solution-for-just-transition-leapfrog-and-international-partnership-case-study-of-bangladesh/]
Foreign Policy and the Just Transition
A 2019 report which builds a bridge between foreign policy and the underlying economic and social changes which arise as part of the challenges of the energy transition. [Originally posted at https://www.energiewende-global.com/fileadmin/user_upload/giz-website/Media_Library/Just_Transition/Foreign_Policy_and_the_just_transition_a_policy_brief.pdf]
Managing the Phase-Out of Coal: A Comparison of Actions in G20 Countries
A 2019 report which assesses the role of coal in G20 countries and reviews existing actions and compares the policies that G20 countries have in place to phase out coal including an overview of approaches for a socially and economically ‘just transition’; and an overview of government commitments to end public spending on coal. [Originally posted at https://www.climate-transparency.org/media/managing-the-phase-out-of-coal-a-comparison-of-actions-in-g20-countries]

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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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