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Latin American Economic Outlook 2022: Towards a Green and Just Transition
A 2022 edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook which explores options for the region to recast its production models, transform its energy matrix and create better jobs in the process. It argues that, for this transition to be just, stronger social protection systems and open dialogue must help build new, sustainable social contracts. In support of this ambitious agenda, the report presents an array of financing options, including green finance, and advocates for renewed international partnerships. [Originally posted at https://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/48415]
How Much Will It Cost to Achieve the Climate Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean?
A 2022 report which discusses how much it would cost to meet climate change goals in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean's need to respond to the challenge of climate change while making progress with other sustainable development goals. [Originally posted at https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03720397/document]
The Role of Tripartite Social Dialogue in Facilitating a Just Transition: Experiences from Selected Countries
A 2022 working paper which analyses the role of tripartite social dialogue in supporting green workplaces and, more generally, promoting 'just transitions' at enterprise level. [Originally posted at https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/265593]
Just Transition and Workers’ Rights in the Global South: The Recent Argentine and Chilean Nationally Determined Contributions
A 2021 paper which focuses on how Argentina and Chile, with a high percentage of informality in their economies and their labour markets, have embedded 'just transition' into their legal orders through the submission of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/17/9616]
Ensuring a Just Energy Transition Through Hydrogen: How the G20 Can Support Africa
A 2022 policy insight which explores G20 members’ recognition of green hydrogen as a key technology in decarbonizing hard-to-abate carbon-intensive industries. [Originally posted at https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Policy-Insights-122-ED-grobbelaar-ngubevana.pdf]
Global Practices for Financing of Early Coal Retirement for Accelerated Green Energy Transition
A 2022 report which reviews global, regional and national initiatives for facilitating the early retirement of coal-fired power plants and draws lessons for financing a 'just transition' and ensuring energy security. [Originally posted at https://greenfdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/D3_Early_Coal_Retirement_Best_Practices.pdf]
Review and Gap Analysis of the Existing Abatement Scenarios for Vietnam
A 2022 report which provides support for the Vietnamese Government having scientific-based evidence for any commitment and negotiations at the COP26. [Originally posted at https://www.energytransitionpartnership.org/resource/review-and-gap-analysis-of-the-existing-abatement-scenarios-for-vietnam/]
Review and Gap Analysis of the Existing Abatement Scenarios for Vietnam
A 2022 report which provides support for the Vietnamese Government having scientific-based evidence for any commitment and negotiations at the COP26. [Originally posted at https://www.energytransitionpartnership.org/resource/review-and-gap-analysis-of-the-existing-abatement-scenarios-for-vietnam/]
All That Glitters Is Not Green: Debates Surrounding Energy Transition
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]
Territorial Energy Vulnerability Assessment to Enhance Just Energy Transition of Cities
A 2021 report which presents a framework based on the concept of Territorial Energy Vulnerability (TEV), defined as the propensity of a territory to not guarantee equitable access—in quantity and quality—to resilient energy services that allow the sustainable human and economic development of its population. [Originally posted at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2021.635976/full]
A Just Transition for Urban Transport Workers: Issues and Experiences from Unions in Cities of the Global South
A 2022 report which highlights the ways in which extreme weather events, flooding, air pollution and draughts are impacting workers, especially women and young workers who often hold the most precarious jobs and have the least protection. It also features the effects of two technological changes often justified as related to combating climate change: the expansion of electric buses and the introduction of automated ticket vending technology. [Originally posted at https://www.itfglobal.org/sites/default/files/node/resources/files/A%20Just%20Transition%20for%20Urban%20Transport%20Workers_Report.pdf]
The Role of Tripartite Social Dialogue in Facilitating a Just Transition: Experiences from Selected Countries
A 2022 report which analyzes the role of tripartite social dialogue in supporting green workplaces and, more generally, promoting just transitions at enterprise level. [Originally posted https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---inst/documents/publication/wcms_854518.pdf]
Climate Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Success Stories and Challenges in the Fight Against Climate Change
A 2021 paper which aims at nontraditional climate policy actors such as the finance and planning ministries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The objective is to provide a glimpse into the existing, limited, regional examples of how effective climate policy may be achieved while also contributing to sustainable economic and social development. [Originally posted at https://publications.iadb.org/en/climate-policies-latin-america-and-caribbean-success-stories-and-challenges-fight-against-climate]
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]
Green Fiscal Reform for a Just Energy Transition in Latin America
A 2018 outlook article which provides an overview of the major challenges for the successful implementation of green fiscal reforms and discusses how they could be overcome. [Originally posted at http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/journalarticles/2019-17]

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