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Skills Transfer and Women in Africa’s Green Transition
A 2020 briefing which calls for knowledge and skills transfer in Africa towards achieving sustainability in the transition to green energy. [Originally posted at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep28398.pdf]
Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy: The Role of South Africa’s Banking Sector in the Renewable Energy Transition
A 2020 study which explores the role of South African banks in mobilising the necessary financial resources for the country’s energy transition, and particularly the two important questions of whether there are presently sufficient funds, and whether the banks are presently promoting or delaying technological innovation in the renewable energy sector. [Originally posted at https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/79625/Mulibana_Transitioning_2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]
Costa Rica as Pioneer of a Green Social Contract
For years the logic of turning Costa Rica into a “laboratory” on climate actions have permeated various approaches in civil society, business and the State. Things have evolved since the preparation of the national contribution to the Paris Agreement 2015. In May 2018, the Alvarado administration (2018-2022) went a step further: it made decarbonization into a central narrative for the term, turning it into a core pillar of the national development plan – the main policy instrument of Heads of States in Costa Rica. Moreover, his inauguration speech in May 2018 made international headlines as he pledged support for the prospect of a fossil-free Costa Rica, one of the first countries in the world to take such turn. [Originally posted at https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781800371774/9781800371774.00013.xml]
European Job Guarantee: Targeting the Triple Crises Facing Post-COVID Europe
A 2020 report which suggests creation of a European Job Guarantee (EU JG) as a policy tool for post-pandemic recovery. [Originally posted at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3715344]
The Political Economy of Energy in Central and Eastern Europe: Supporting the Net Zero Transition
A 2020 report which reviews the phase out of coal process for countries in Europe. [Originally posted at https://www.euki.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/E3G_2020_Comparative_Analysis_CEE.pdf]
Land Use and Agriculture: Pitfalls and Precautions on the Road to Net Zero
A 2020 report which highlights the importance of governance, finance, skills, research and technology, and society in this transition by using the UK as an example. [Originally posted at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2020.00004/full]
The Political Economy of Coal in Poland: Drivers and Barriers for a Shift Away from Fossil Fuels
A 2020 paper which identifies key political and economic drivers and barriers of a reduction in coal production and consumption in Poland using the Triple Embeddedness Framework. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421520303578]
Employment in the Energy Sector
A 2020 report which provides an overview of recent employment trends at the global and EU-28 level related to the greening and decarbonisation of the economy, with a focus on the energy sector. [Originally posted at https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/343467849.pdf]
Eskom-Transformed-Full-Report-1
This July 2020 [Originally posted at https://aidc.org.za/download/eskom_transformed/Eskom-Transformed-Full-Report-1.pdf/]
Supporting People and Place: Planning for a Just Transition in Northern Ireland
A 2020 paper which examines the risks for workers in Northern Ireland from decarbonisation in particular, identifying the sectors and the geographic areas most at risk from transition. It will also examine some of the elements needed to embed a 'just transition' in principle and practice in Northern Irish climate policy. [Originally posted at https://www.nerinstitute.net/sites/default/files/2021-01/Planning%20a%20Just%20Transition%20for%20NI%20Jan%2021.pdf]
A Literature Review on Coal Gasification as Part Transition in SA Thermal Coal Power Generation
A 2020 paper which explores the theory and global practices of coal gasification, reviews the recent research efforts on advances in the processes and questions if the approach could be a partial contribution towards a just transition in South Africa’s bulk power generation. [Originally posted at http://ieomsociety.org/harare2020/papers/114.pdf]
Regional Sustainability Transition Through Forest-Based Bioeconomy? Development Actors’ Perspectives on Related Policies, Power, and Justice
A 2020 study which explores how the forest bioeconomy discourses are downscaled in the development of the forest peripheries in East and North Finland. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934122000879]
Energy Justice, Just Transitions, and Renewable Energy Policies: Examining Energy Transitions in the State of Vermont
A 2020 thesis which analyzes Vermont as considered a leader in renewable energy transitions using energy justice or 'just transition' principles. [Originally posted at https://www.proquest.com/openview/72b7d3d2dcd3eff928e5b0a9908081fa/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y]
Climate, Energy, Justice: The Policy Path to a Just Transition for an Energy-Hungry America
A 2020 paper, prepared by member faculty scholars of the Center for Progressive Reform, which provides policy recommendations for the US in energy usage to help protect the climate and provide equitable access. Sections focus on electricity, transportation, public lands, climate justice, and governance mechanisms. [Originally posted at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3766500]
The Just Transition in Energy
A 2020 report which outlines the key challenges and opportunities and conclude with a series of practical steps available to policymakers in regards to 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://copestake.info/uploads/otherwriting/the_just_transition_in_energy.pdf]
Sustainable Rehabilitation of Surface Coal Mining Areas: The Case of Greek Lignite Mines
In the frame of growing pressure due to the CO2 emissions reduction initiatives; rapidly increasing renewable-power capacity; and cheap natural gas, the development of a modern mine land rehabilitation strategy is considered as a prerequisite for mitigating the social and economic impacts for the local communities. In the case of western Macedonia lignite mines, these prospects are investigated based on a PEST (political, economic, social, technological) analysis of seven alternative land uses. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/15/3995]

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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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