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Our Economic Plan: Supporting Aotearoa New Zealand to become a high wage low emissions economy that provides economic security in good times and bad
A 2022 report outlining the Just Transition efforts in New Zealand/Aotearoa,
EV-Megadeals-or-Resilience
A 2022 study by the U.S.-based Good Jobs First which explores whether state economic subsidies for the electric vehicle industry are an effective and wise use of public money. [Originally posted at: https://goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EV-Megadeals-or-Resilience.pdf]
Finnish Dairy Farmers’ Perceptions of Justice in the Transition to Carbon-Neutral Farming
A 2022 study which elucidates how to shift to carbon-neutral agriculture in such a way that dairy farmers perceive this systemic change as justified and acceptable. The results indicate that from the farmers' perspective, three key justice issues need consideration: 1) profitability of farming, 2) blaming of farmers, and 3) use of agricultural peatlands. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016722000225]
Political Economy of Net Zero: Indonesia
Structural issues relating to the partial and separate management of Net Zero Emission (NZE) sectors are the largest bottleneck for Indonesia to achieve net-zero emissions. However, opportunities arise to respond to these challenges from new emerging trends namely blended finance, a 'just transition' for all (starting with the energy sector) and multi-level engagement and coordination, especially at the sub-national level. [Originally posted at https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Political-Economy-of-Net-Zero-Indonesia.pdf]
Just (?) Transitions? The Case of the Enel Plant in Piombino
A 2022 research which attempts to answer the following questions: How are (industrial) transitions considered just? Which justice conceptualizations can be identified in different just transition strategies? [Originally posted at https://www.momentum-kongress.org/system/files/congress_files/2022/momentum_final.pdf]
Where Are the People in Transition Finance?
Transition finance – designed to help polluting companies deliver long-term strategies to reduce their carbon footprint – is a relatively new addition to the suite of sustainable finance instruments. Sabrina Muller and Nick Robins explain how and why the ‘just transition’ to net-zero, an inclusive process that takes into account the impacts on all people and places, needs to be fully incorporated. [Originally posted at https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/114666/]
The Impact of Carbon Taxation and Revenue Redistribution on Poverty and Inequality
A 2022 research which explores the potential of carbon fiscal reforms, combining a carbon tax of levels deemed appropriate to achieve climate targets and the transfer of the revenues raised to vulnerable households. [Originally posted at https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/266567]
A Just Green Transition: Concepts and Practice So Far
A 2022 policy brief which argues that a globally 'just transition' requires international support for developing countries that takes into account their realities, capacities, and priorities. [Originally posted at https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/publication/PB_141.pdf]
Developing Lithium Valley: Green Extractivism and the Importance of Community Engagement for a Just Transition
A 2022 research which discusses the importance of community engagement for a 'just transition' on the proposed geothermal lithium development. [Originally posted at https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/js956n08x]
Balancing Climate Rights and a Just Transition in Oil-Reliant Northern Norway: Entry Points and Road Blocks Through SDG Localization and Municipal Planning
A 2022 project which uses a case study of Harstad, a municipality that aims to be both “The Environmental City” and “The Oil Capitol of the North,” to shed light on the entry points and road blocks for balancing climate rights, especially the rights of future generations, and a 'just transition', especially the socioeconomic rights of workers and communities that rely on the oil and gas industry, at the local level. [Originally posted at https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/95905]
Just Transition in the European Automotive Industry – Insights from Affected Stakeholders
A 2022 report which provides an overview of the status quo in the sector on a European level with regards to a 'just transition' and proposes policies to make it just and sustainable. [Originally posted at https://nexteconomylab.de/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Report_Just-Transition-in-the-European-Automotive-Industry-%E2%80%93-Insights-from-Affected-Stakeholders.pdf]
Whose Jobs Face Transition Risk in Alberta? Understanding Sectoral Employment Precarity in an Oil-Rich Canadian Province
A 2022 study which explores direct and indirect employment impacts that could result from the low-carbon transition by analysing the effect of oil price fluctuations on the labour market of Alberta, a Canadian province economically reliant on oil sands extraction. [Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2022.2086843]
It’s Time to Rethink SADC’s Transformative Industrialisation for a Just Transition: Lessons from Agro-Processing Regional Value Chains
A 2022 policy brief which identifies key challenges and the steps requires to meet them in order to industrialise and develop climate-smart food regional value chains. [Originally posted at https://www.uj.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sarchi-pb-2022-01-kaziboni-and-roberts-february-2022.pdf]
Just Transition Across Borders : A Case Study on the Ustecky Region’s Coal Phase-Out and the Potential of Cross-Border Cooperation to Migitate Its Socio-Economic Challenges
A 2022 research which is based on a single-case study of the Ustecky region, in which data was collected based on desk research. A theoretical framework on the potential of cross-border cooperation (CBC) to mitigate the socio-economic challenges was developed, which was applied on the case of the Ustecky region with the help of document analysis. The analysis concluded that CBC can contribute in various ways to mitigate the socio-economic transition challenges, especially in regards to regional competitiveness and funding. [Originally posted at http://essay.utwente.nl/92166/]
Realising a Just Transition in the Dutch Crop Farming Sector and the Role of Organic Agriculture Within This Transition
A 2022 thesis which investigates what the role of organic agriculture is within the agricultural transition towards socially just practices. [Originally posted at https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/42303]
Externalisation of the EU’s Just Transition Agenda: An Evolving Journey Approaching a Crossroads
A 2022 paper which addresses the question of how the external 'just transition' agenda of the European Union (EU) has evolved since the Paris Agreement in 2015 and what factors have shaped this process. [Originally posted at https://www.coleurope.eu/sites/default/files/research-paper/EDP%202-2022_Pollock.pdf]

Hot Reports

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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