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Coal Kills: Research and Dialogue for a Just Transition
A 2018 report which highlights coal impacts in Mpumalanga and South Africa. It focuses on social, gender, worker and environmental justice and is written from a legal perspective to a campaigning perspective. [Originally posted at https://lifeaftercoal.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Coal_Kills.pdf]
Understanding the Impact of a Low Carbon Transition on South Africa: A CPI Energy Finance Report
A 2019 report which identifies a series of policies that government might adopt to reduce the impact of the transition risk to the country of South Africa. It recommends engaging in the proactive pursuit of a path that seeks to contain the costs of the transition, one focused on alleviating the plight of the most vulnerable parts of society: workers and communities directly affected. [Originally posted at https://lifeaftercoal.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CPI-Report-South-Africa-25.03.19-Understanding-impact-of-low-carbon-transition-on-SA.pdf]
Towards a Just Transition from Coal in Australia
A 2022 report on how ‘just transition’ away from coal is currently understood in Australia. [Originally posted at https://sei.sydney.edu.au/publications/towards-a-just-transition-from-coal-in-australia/]
Energy Transition in Mexico: A Fair Coal Phase-Out for a Paris Compatible Scenario in Mexico
A 2021 examination by Climate Transparency of the social, environmental, and human rights implications of the coal industry in Mexico's Coahuila state, including an outline of a "fair coal phase-out plan with a focus on community, dialogue, and participation." [Originally posted at https://www.climate-transparency.org/media/energy-transition-in-mexico-a-fair-coal-phase-out-for-a-paris-compatible-scenario-in-mexico ]
Just Transition in India: An Inquiry into the Challenges and Opportunities for a Post-Coal Future
An in-depth November 2020 look at the prospects for Just Transition in India from the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology. [Originally posted at https://iforest.global/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/iFOREST_Just_Transition_In_India.pdf ]
Just Transition and Informal Workers in Coal Regions in India
The importance of informal work in building Just Transition plans is examined here in the context of India's coal industries. The April 2022 study is authored by Srestha Banerjee of the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology. [Originally posted at https://iforest.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Informal-workers-in-coal-regions-in-India_final.pdf ]
The Long and Winding Road from Black to Green: Decades of Structural Change in the Ruhr Region
This report 2014 report by Béla Galgóczi of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) uses the Ruhr region as an example of the change from traditional industry-based, resource- and material-intensive economic activity towards a knowledge-based, resource-efficient economy. [Originally posted at https://labordoc.ilo.org/discovery/delivery/41ILO_INST:41ILO_V1/1268289810002676 ]
Supporting the Nation's Coal Workers
An April 2021 analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Utility Workers Union of America that found that "it is possible to support coal workers in the transition and that these comprehensive policies are affordable" [Originally posted at https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/Supporting-the-Nation%27s-Coal-Workers-%28report%29.pdf ]
Framework Agreement for a Just Transition in Coal Mining and the Sustainable Development of Mining Regions for the Period 2019/2027
A powerpoint presentation created by the La Federación de Industria, Construcción y Agro de la Unión General de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores (UGT-FICA; The Federation of Industry, Construction and Agriculture of the General Union of Workers and Workers in Spain) that outlines the nationwide agreement for Just Transition in coal mining.
EU Coal Regions: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
A 2018 report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission entify the regions2 that looks at the "potential decline of coal mining and coal power-plant activities" and assesses "the impact on regional jobs" as well "reviews potential actions that could be undertaken at regional level, which could help re-use retired coal infrastructure and re-deploy personnel to new activities or extend the life of coal power plants with lower impact to the environment, thus maintaining jobs and economic activities within the affected regions" [Originally posted at https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC112593/kjna29292enn.pdf]
Clean Energy Technologies in Coal Regions: Opportunities for Jobs and Growth: Deployment Potential and Impacts
This in-depth report from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre analyzes "the opportunities in coal regions stemming from the deployment of power generation technologies from wind, solar photovoltaics, bioenergy and geothermal sources, as well as on coal-fired power plants with carbon capture." [Originally posted at https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC117938/clean_energy_technologies_in_coal_regions_online.pdf]
A Just and Fair Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities
A December 2018 report on the Canadian government's Just Transition task force for coal power workers and communities. [Originally posted at https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.867000/publication.html]
The Ruhr or Appalachia? Towards Estimates of the Scale of Costs of a Just Transition
A 2018 report for CFMMEU Mining and Energy by Industrial Relations Research Centre looking at decarbonisation of energy generation through clean-energy transition; clean-energy, economic-development transition; and Just Transition.

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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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