A 2020 report which illustrates, through four case study regions in Europe, that even though each region is different, the challenges they face to ensure a 'just transition' from coal are strikingly similar. [Originally posted at https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_just_transition_to_climate_neutrality.pdf]

A 2022 briefing which identifies the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) development in South Africa, the role and perspective of Civil Society Organizations of South Africa in JETP, and pinpoints lessons learned for similar future partnerships. [Originally posted at https://www.germanwatch.org/en/87278]

A 2021 article which provides possible future scenarios for tackling the complex issue of 'just transition' in Romania. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/5/1509]

A 2022 article which shows that following current policies, by the end of the decade, coal-bearing states will likely sink deeper into carbon lock-ins, while the rest of India, especially western and southern states could become increasingly decarbonized. [Originally posted at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5194]

A 2020 World Bank report looking at how the labor markets of Western Macedonia--the poorest region in Greece--would address a coal transition [Originally posted at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/34737/Just-Coal-Transition-in-Western-Macedonia-Greece-Insights-from-the-Labor-Market.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]

A 2018 broad overview from the World Bank of coal mines focusing on transition policies and strategy development; People and communities; and land and environmental remediation. [Originally posted at https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/484541544643269894/pdf/130659-REVISED-PUBLIC-Managing-Coal-Mine-Closure-Achieving-a-Just-Transition-for-All-November-2018-final.pdf]

A 2020 massive report from the World Bank detailing phases for a "managed transition" in coal in Western Macedonia. [Originally posted at https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/103611593562422573/a-road-map-for-a-managed-transition-of-coal-dependent-regions-in-western-macedonia]

A 2021 World Bank sweeping paper analyzes the status of coal phase-out around the world, the magnitude and character of coal mining jobs and their spillovers in local economies, and the challenges associated with future labor transition; the report highlights five case studies: Poland, Indonesia, India, United States and South Africa. [Originally posted at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/37118]

A paper which outlines a transition plan for working people and their communities who rely on the coal-fired electricity sector for employment, and focuses on the need to minimize the impact of unplanned closures on regional communities, which we have seen recently occur in the Port Augusta and Anglesea communities. [Originally posted at https://www.actu.org.au/media/1032953/actu-policy-discussion-paper-a-just-transition-for-coal-fired-electricity-sector-workers-and-communities.pdf]

A 2020 by Health and Environment Alliance which explores how a 'just transition' must include the health perspective, in order to shift the economy towards a climate-neutral and health promoting future, while leaving no one behind. [Originally posted at https://www.env-health.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/HEAL-Just-transition.pdf]

A 2020 report which discusses the 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://www.energyforum.in/fileadmin/user_upload/india/media_elements/publications/20200900_COVID19_Just_Transition/20201004_COVID-19_and_just_transition_in_India.pdf]

A 2021 article which discusses the currently neglected climate, coal, and gender triad and develops a conceptualization along the following aspects: common lines of arguments, shortcomings in predominant arguments, and the state-of-the-art regarding the climate–gender–coal triad. [Originally posted at https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v14y2021i17p5457-d627448.html]

A 2021 paper which considers 'responsible disengagement' and 'just transition' in the context of the Cesar coal mining region in Colombia, in which serious and unremediated human rights violations are intertwined with dependency on mining as a livelihood for entire communities. [Originally posted at https://www.somo.nl/responsible-disengagement-from-coal-as-part-of-a-just-transition/]

A 2017 report which examines the current status of the coal transition in Shanxi and proposes recommendations for how reform can be managed to ensure that economic, social and environmental factors are built into the process. [Originally posted at https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/crossroads-balancing-financial-social-costs-coal-transition-china.pdf]

A 2020 report which wants to show that managed properly, climate action can be an agenda for change and social justice. The move towards a greener economy will lead to disruptions in some industries. Still, this transition is inevitable for a healthy environment and to avoid the dangers of climate change. [Originally posted at https://publications.pes.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/just-transition.pdf]

A 2017 report which reviews the economic and political context of coal mining in South Wales, describing the origins of coal mining, its growth through the industrial revolution and into the inter-war period, its gradual but irreversible decline after the Second World War, and its eventual disappearance in the 1990s. It then examines the pronounced social and community consequences of mining and the closure of coal mines, drawing attention to the role of unionized labour and the role it played throughout the rise and fall of mining in Wales. [Originally posted at https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/end-of-coal-mining-south-wales-lessons-learned.pdf]