A 2021 dissertation in which the author conducted a systematic review of the academic literature on 'just transition' to synthesize identified elements of 'just transition'. Next, the author collected a novel employment factors dataset and combined it with an integrated assessment model to analyze the energy sector employment implications of climate policies. Whether ‘local’ renewable jobs can be created for fossil fuel workers in key coal producing countries is also assessed. Finally, several novel datasets were collected to quantify and compare the scale of current socio-economic dependency on coal at the district level in India. [Originally posted at https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0398719]

A 2020 case study which explores the learning and education of a community organization involved with multiple 'just transition' initiatives in Eastern Kentucky where the economies were formerly dominated by the coal industry. [Originally posted at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Colleen-Unroe/publication/344416233_Education_and_learning_to_support_a_Just_Transition_in_Central_Appalachia/links/5f733fe9458515b7cf575327/Education-and-learning-to-support-a-Just-Transition-in-Central-Appalachia.pdf]

A 2022 report which aims to deliver a policy blueprint and toolkit for the 'just transition', particularly for workers in energy/mining, transport, and agriculture. [Originally posted at http://mediadon.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/COSATU-Just-Transition-Blueprint-Full-version.pdf]

A 2021 report which evaluates the fossil fuel sectors and the following key allied industrial sectors : 1. Thermal power 2. Iron & Steel 3. Cement 4. Fertiliser 5. Road Transport [Originally posted at https://iforest.global/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Five-Rs-Single.pdf[

A 2021 study which utilizes adult learning, working-class, hegemonic masculinity, and political economy theories to explore the education and learning that supports engagement in the 'just transition' movement in Central Appalachia. [Originally posted at https://www.proquest.com/openview/587093b3cad9eaf9a0bfd85fad29921e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y]

A 2022 statement which came out after the coalition of industry, trade unions, employers, and environmental organizations, as they jointly called for a 'just transition' framework within the new rules to accelerate structural change in the industry. It argues that the existing EU Just Transition Fund’s resources cannot be spread thinner as they are already needed for the important challenge in the coal-dependent and carbon-intensive regions and industries. However, they can offer a model for a 'just transition' for the broader automotive and mobility ecosystem. [Originally posted at https://www.ceemet.org/publications/category-1/co2-standards-trilogue-urgent-need-for-inclusion-of-a-just-transition-framework-for-europes-automotive-workforce/]

A 2021 paper which presents a systematic map of the literature that examines the impact of historical coal phase-out processes on women and their role in these processes. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/18/5985]

A 2021 report which proposes three policy options to uplift communities that is suffering from financial downfall during the energy transition shift by providing subsidies to renewable energy companies that expand operations in former coal communities, reclaim the land, and provide job retraining. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg180202.html]

A 2020 report which highlights successes from 2019-2020 and provides case studies of projects that advance community development amidst abandoned mine lands, or in some cases by reclaiming abandoned mine features as part of the project. [Originally posted at https://appvoices.org/resources/AML-RAC/AML_RAC_report-2020-b-low-res.pdf]

A 2016 report which brings together two long-standing rural sociological traditions to address debates framed at the national level and for Appalachian communities facing the throes of transition from the coal industry. [Originally posted at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ruso.12098]

A 2018 report on the Just Transition Fund which is on a mission to create economic opportunity for the frontline communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from coal. [Originally posted at https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fda3b73811ec6ecfc5dbfcb/5fda3b73811ec62ddc5dc03b_jtf-MovementGrantmaking-report-2018-Final.pdf]

A 2020 study which proposes a recovery program for Ohio that is capable of exerting an effective counterforce against the state’s economic collapse in the short run while also building a durable foundation for an economically viable and ecologically sustainable longer-term recovery. [Originally posted at https://peri.umass.edu/images/OhioGreenGrowth_101920_FINAL_230.pdf]

A 2021 study which identifies Appalachian counties that have successfully transitioned from dependence on coal while sustaining growth, and assesses factors that facilitate more successful community transition. [Originally posted at https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/531201635134585522/pdf/Socioeconomic-Transition-in-the-Appalachia-Coal-Region-Some-Factors-of-Success.pdf]

A 2014 paper, commissioned by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED), which explores the relevance of divestment for the Appalachian Transition. [Originally posted at https://croataninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Fossil_Free_Appalachian_Transition.pdf]

A 2021 study which explores the role of a broad range of civil society actors. It focuses on the central Appalachian region in the U.S. (Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia), which has significant fossil-fuel resources. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629621000979]

A 2016 report which explores what a just, and well-managed, transition process for the Latrobe Valley might look like. [Originally posted at https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2016-09/apo-nid69785.pdf]