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Implementing Coal Transitions: Insights from Case Studies of Major Coal-Consuming Economies
A 2018 report which summarizes the main insights from Coal Transitions research project. It outlines the growing momentum behind coal transitions around the world and highlights key findings from case studies of six major coal-consuming countries, which explore how “below-2°C”-compatible transitions away from thermal coal could be implemented. [Originally posted at https://coaltransitions.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/coal_synthesis_final.pdf]
Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and the Just Transition: Integrating Approaches for Complementary Outcomes
A 2017 paper which goes into detail about the various ways in which Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (FFSR) can be consistent with 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-and-just-transition-integrating-approaches]
Strengthening Just Transition Policies in International Climate Governance
A 2017 policy analysis brief which provides some context and history to the concept of 'just transition', elaborates on its key policies, and examines how it could be further incorporated into international climate change policy. It also aims at providing a stepping-stone for broader engagement by the climate community on this issue. [Originally posted at https://stanleycenter.org/publications/pab/RosembergPABStrengtheningJustTransition417.pdf]
Just Transition: History, Developments and Challenges in Greece and Europe
A 2020 report which discusses how energy transition to climate neutrality should take place in a just way for those communities that for decades have sacrificed their own quality of life in order to support the development of the European economy. [Originally posted at https://thegreentank.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/202007_TheGreenTank_JustTransitionReport_EN.pdf]
Just Transitions for the Coal Industry: Building a Framework from International Best Practices
A 2022 paper which presents a 'just transition' framework that includes three policy transition areas and the policy strategies, tools, and stakeholders that support them. [Originally posted at https://cgs.umd.edu/research-impact/publications/just-transitions-coal-industry-building-framework-international-best]
Managing the Social Consequences of the Transition Away from Coal: The Case of Job Losses in Shanxi Province, China
A 2022 study which examines the distributive justice aspects of reduced coal mining employment. In other words, the compensation and assistance provided to unemployed miners. [Originally posted at https://www.oxfordenergy.org/publications/managing-the-social-consequences-of-the-transition-away-from-coal-the-case-of-job-losses-in-shanxi-province-china/]
Towards An Inclusive Energy Transition Beyond Coal - A Comparison of Just Transition Policies Away from Coal Between China, the EU and the US
A 2021 paper which compares different 'just transition' pathways in China, the European Union and the United States of America by comparing the current state of the coal sector and 'just transition' policies away from coal. [Originally posted at https://ideas.repec.org/p/fem/femwpa/2021.36.html]
Coal Transition in China: Options to Move from Coal Cap Managed Decline Under an Early Emissions Peaking Scenario
A 2018 report which explores pathways, implications and policy options for going beyond China’s existing cap on coal use. [Originally posted at https://www.iddri.org/en/publications-and-events/report/coal-transition-china]
Just Transition in China: How Did Chinese SOEs Avoid the Massive Unemployment While Reducing Coal Capacity (2015-2020)?
A 2020 study which focuses on China’s recent round of phasing out coal capacity and investigates how China’s coal SOEs reallocated workers after reducing coal capacity by case studies of two SOEs in Anhui and Shanxi. In addition, it also evaluates the reallocation and mobilizes the perspective of workers in these two SOEs by in-depth interviews with both leaders and workers. [Originally posted at https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/20623/MP_Rachel%20Rong.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]
Promoting Regional Coal Just Transitions in China, Europe and Beyond
A 2022 paper which identifies the differences and similarities of the challenges faced by the coal regions in China and Europe. The conclusions from this paper will support further in-depth research and bilateral conversations on promoting coal 'just transitions' in China, Europe and beyond. [Originally posted at https://www.agora-energiewende.de/en/publications/promoting-regional-coal-just-transitions-in-china-europe-and-beyond/]
Phasing Out Coal - A Just Transition Approach
A 2019 paper which focuses on finding out what a just coal transition might look like in practice. [Originally posted at https://www.etui.org/publications/working-papers/phasing-out-coal-a-just-transition-approach]
Enabling a Rapid and Just Transition Away from Coal in China
A 2020 report which assesses China's current coal-transition policies, their barriers, and the potential for an accelerated transition, as well as the associated environmental, human health, and employment and social justice issues that may arise from the transition. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332220303560]
An EU Fund for a Just Transition - What It Should Be and Why It Matters
A 2019 report which explores how the EU can help finance a 'just transition' away from coal and fossil fuels to a sustainable and clean economy. [Originally posted at https://www.wwf.eu/?349035/An-EU-fund-for-a-just-transition---what-it-should-be-and-why-it-matters]
A Just Transition: Managing the Challenges of Technology, Trade, Climate Change and COVID-19
A 2020 report which explores how industrial transitions can be managed. fairly and effectively[Originally posted at https://community-tu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Just-Transition-Report.pdf]
What Does “Just Transition” Mean for Climate Change Mitigation?
A 2019 paper which argues that there is no “universal blueprint” for a 'just transition', but rather some common principles –principles that ultimately relate to basic philosophical ideas of natural justice, human decency and respect, and theories of effective social change– that are likely to be more or less universal across cultural contexts. [Originally posted at https://www.funcas.es/wp-content/uploads/Migracion/Articulos/FUNCAS_PE/007art03.pdf]
Just Transition: Implications for the Corporate Sector and Financial Institutions in Australia
A 2020 report which intends to be a starting point for discussion on the role of corporates and financial institutions in planning for and supporting the delivery of a just transition in Australia. [Originally posted at https://unglobalcompact.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020.11.18_Just-Transition-Report_Final-2.0.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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