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Understanding the Skill Gap and Employment Needs of Displaced Coal- Fired Power Plant Workers
A 2018 webinar presentation of a report from the Ohio University’s Voinovich School assessing the skills of displaced coal economy workers and matching those skills to emerging occupations in the Appalachian region [Originally posted at https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fda3b73811ec6ecfc5dbfcb/5fda3b73811ec6c0215dc0d7_Understanding%20the%20Skill%20Gap%20and%20Employment%20Needs%20of%20Displaced%20Coal-Fired%20Power%20Plant%20Workers.pdf]
How Just are Just Transition Plans? Perceptions of Decarbonisation and Low-Carbon Energy Transitions Among Peat Workers in Ireland
A 2022 paper which seeks to examine how the overarching aim of a 'just transition' is translated into practice. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629622001207]
Local Just Transition Plan for West Kildare
A 2022 Just Transition Plan which has been commissioned by Kildare County Council to identify projects to support and advance sustainable social, economic and environmental development in the transition to a low carbon future in the West Kildare region. [Originally posted at https://urbanforesight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Local-Just-Transition-Plan-for-West-Kildare-PAGES-v0.6.pdf]
Building a Just Transition: The Case of Bord na Mona
A 2019 report which explores how a 'just transition' might be built in Ireland, using Bord na Mona as a model. [Originally posted at https://www.ictu.ie/publications/building-just-transition-case-bord-na-mona]
Ireland’s Just Transition – A Report on the Perceptions of Impacted Communities in Ireland
A 2020 research which aims to explore what people in the Lanesborough - Ballyleague community think about recent energy-related developments in their community [Originally posted at https://energyinstitute.ucd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Ireland%E2%80%99s-Just-Transition-%E2%80%93-A-report-on-the-perceptions-of-impacted-communities-in-Ireland.pdf]
Ensuring a Just Energy Transition in Indonesia: Lessons Learned from Country Case Studies
A 2020 report which highlights the possible impacts of energy transition in Indonesia, especially from the social and economic aspects, to ensure a 'just energy' transition in the country. It analyzes the energy transition experiences of four countries, namely Germany, South Africa, Australia, and Canada that Indonesia can adapt to achieve Indonesia’s just energy transition. [Originally posted at https://iesr.or.id/en/pustaka/ensuring-a-just-energy-transition-in-indonesia-lessons-learned-from-country-case-studies-iesr-2020]
A Just Energy Transition in Southeast Asia: The Impact of Coal Phase-Out on Jobs
A 2022 report which focuses on ensuring a 'just transition' while phasing out coal in line with the ILO Guidelines for a Just Transition towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies for All. The report suggests that in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam, job losses due to mine closures in coal-dependent regions and the loss of indirect jobs in their industrial ecologies will have a profound negative effect on the labour markets, economies, and livelihoods of local communities. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/asia/publications/WCMS_845700/lang--en/index.htm]
Indonesia’s Coal Dynamics: Toward a Just Transition
A 2019 paper which discusses the possibilities of energy transition in Indonesia, particularly the transition from coal-fired power plants while also considering the implications to coal sector. [Originally posted at https://www.climate-transparency.org/media/indonesias-coal-dynamics-toward-a-just-transition]
COVID-19 and a Just Transition in India's Coal Mining Sector
A 2020 brief which discusses uncertainties within the coal mining sector in India following the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the importance of a 'just transition' for coal mining communities. It provides policy recommendations for new directions in public finance within and outside the energy sector to support job creation and industrial development against the backdrop of an increasingly uncertain coal value chain. [Originally posted at https://sais-isep.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/COVID-19-and-a-Just-Transition-in-Indias-Coal-Mining-Sector.pdf]
Building Bridges to a Just Transition: Connecting India's Challenges and Solutions With International Experience IISD ISSUE BRIEF International Institute for Sustainable Development
A 2021 brief which provides an initial assessment of priorities and opportunities for research and information sharing on 'just transition' in India, based on a review of international literature and expert interviews. Specifically, the brief identifies: global just transition elements most relevant for India; research topics needing further investigation to help support 'just transition' in India; and India's experiences that might be useful for other emerging economies. [Originally posted at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353047403_Building_Bridges_to_a_Just_Transition_Connecting_India's_challenges_and_solutions_with_international_experience_IISD_ISSUE_BRIEF_International_Institute_for_Sustainable_Development]
Energy and Climate Change: A Just Transition for Indian Labour
A 2019 chapter which puts forth that democratic, public, and cooperative management of energy systems can prioritize social alongside climate concerns, as part of a wider industrial strategy to retrain workers and decarbonize industry. [Originally posted at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199498734.003.0017]
The Efforts Towards and Challenges of Greece’s Post-Lignite Era: The Case of Megalopolis
A 2020 paper which investigates the environmental, economic, and social state of Megalopolis and the related perspectives with regard to the energy transition, through the elaboration of a SWOT analysis, highlighting the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the municipality of Megalopolis and the regional unit of Arcadia. [Originally posted at https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/sustainability/sustainability-12-10575/article_deploy/sustainability-12-10575-v2.pdf]
Just Transition Mechanism and Lignite Phase-Out in Greece: Challenges and Prospects
A 2021 paper which examines Greece’s energy, as well as 'just transition' mechanism and its contribution to the ongoing green transition of the Greek energy sector. [Originally posted at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hapscpbs/article/view/29493]
Sustainable and Socially Just Transition to a Post-Lignite Era in Greece: A Multi-Level Perspective
A 2020 study which builds upon the Multi-Level Perspective framework and further focuses on the phase-out of the dominant fossil fuel, rather than solely exploring the phase-in of new technologies. [Originally posted at https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Sustainable-and-socially-just-transition-to-a-era-a-Nikas-Neofytou/bfb429123ced304d28208fcc2e8c03e5b41d3705]
Just Transition and Jobs in Greece
A 2020 report which aims to buttress the effort of helping out lignite regions in Greece by way of creation of jobs as well as by developing the potential for growth of a lively economy. [Originally posted at https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/policy_brief_just_transition__jobs_in_greece__english.pdf]
Proposals for an Environmental and Social Just Transition for the Post-Lignite Era in Western Macedonia, Greece
A 2021 paper which formulates a set of coherent and realistic proposals for the after delignification period in Western Macedonia. The aim of these proposals is to avoid the economic decline and poverty of the region. [Originally posted at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/899/1/012049/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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