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2021
A 2021 study which contributes to the discussion on usage of the capability approach within the field of energy and to the debate on how to frame technological innovations, such that they can contribute to a 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629621002206]
A 2021 study which argues that "risk blindness" in local perspectives about the Alberta oil sands could be amplified by dominant institutional narratives that contradict scientific research and international climate policy. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221042242100085X]
A 2021 study which revolves around two questions. The first question in the ethics of carbon pricing is whether the latter two (price and quantity instruments) are preferable to command and control regulation. The second question is, if so, how should we evaluate the relative merits of price and quantity instruments. The author canvasses relevant arguments to explain different ways of addressing these important policy questions, suggesting that carbon pricing is preferable to command and control regulation, and that price instruments have the theoretical edge over quantity instruments. [Originally posted at https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/phc3.12803]
A 2021 paper which examines how the elaboration of dietary transition widens the spectrum of justice questions in sustainability transitions research. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210422421000824]
A 2021 social empirical research which explores the feasibility of a justice-based sanitation approach guiding a transition towards societies with universal access to sanitation services. [Originally posted at https://epb.bibl.th-koeln.de/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/1830/file/2021.07.13_Master_Thesis_IWRM-Sumit_Sharma.pdf]
A 2021 paper which takes a ‘whole system approach’ by exploring the different elements of the 'just transition' and building a multidimensional ‘Just Transition Social Ecosystem’ model. [Originally posted at https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137958/1/COP26%20-%20FHE%20and%20the%20Just%20Transition%20Final.pdf]
A 2021 article which discusses issues related to the circular economy ideas applied to post-industrial facilities and infrastructure in Polish coal-mining areas. The aim of the article is to indicate directions for sustainability-oriented actions on reusing the remnants of closed mining plants and reshaping the areas which will be transformed under the 'just transition' principles. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/1/167]
A 2021 paper which draws on the initial work by TIPS titled “Towards a contribution to a just transition finance roadmap in South Africa”, which began framing the conceptual demands of a sustainable transition on the South African financial system. [Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/images/Insights_for_South_Africas_Just_transition_Finance_Roadmap_Nexus_of_project_needs_and_financing_response_Chantal_Naidoo_Rabia_Transitions_Initiative.pdf]
A 2021 thesis which aims to emphasize the necessity of actor engagement in energy transitions in the EU. [Originally posted at https://is.muni.cz/th/snu6d/?obdobi=jaro%202016;kod=BKV_VESP]
A 2021 paper which explores the question of scaling 'just transition' community projects, blending historical and empirical perspectives. [Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/images/Scaling_the_Just_Transition_for_community_based_and_community_placed_projects_Fumani_Mthembi_Knowledge_Pele.pdf]
A 2021 study which examines how a European carbon price will affect citizens by studying its incidence on households in 23 countries of the EU. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988321004266]
A 2021 qualitative study which applies a 'just transition' frame to evaluate how polycentric Regional Energy Transition (RET) strategies, in this case the Dutch RES process, could accelerate a just transition and implement the three dimensions of just transition practice. [Originally posted at https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3418/]
A 2021 thesis which concludes that the Green New Deal’s proposed societal transformation aims to emerge from within capitalist institutions but has the potential to develop into a more transformative and potentially counter-hegemonic reform at a later stage, in this sense resembling a non-reformist reform. [Originally posted at https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/search/publication/9046505]
A 2021 briefing which summarises the findings of two workshops held at a fringe event in Glasgow City Council Chambers at COP26. The workshops involved hearing from nine speakers detailing international case studies where projects or governments implemented a 'just transition' in their nation or community. [Originally posted at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep39521.pdf]
A 2021 paper which aims to highlight the challenges posed by the Just Transition Mechanism in two selected Polish transition territories (Upper Silesia and Bełchatów Basin). [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/10/1072]
A 2021 paper which discusses how to measure whether and to what degree EU environmental policy is socially just by using easily interpretable indicators. Its main task is to assess existing (or officially discussed) European-level indicators at the socio-environmental nexus on their suitability to serve as Just Transition (headline) indicators, and to identify gaps. [Originally posted at https://www.oeko.de/fileadmin/oekodoc/JustTransition-Indicator-Paper.pdf]

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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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