Coal
A 2019 book which looks at the anticipated impact of climate change and the experiences of millions of people who are facing a climate disaster, focusing on Southern and South Africa. It takes its perspective from fenceline communities who have varying interests in a 'just transition'. The book also recalls the Million Climate jobs campaign, discussing where the climate change jobs will materialize. Lastly it examines the implications of a chaotic and unplanned transition out of coal, experienced around Arnot and Hendrina, two of the six power stations slated for decommissioning before 2030.
[Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/just-transition/item/4094-down-to-zero-the-politics-of-just-transition]
A 2020 report which calls a post-Covid Just Recovery plan, which ensures that economic systems are people centred and take into account the intersecting factors that cause inequalities and large-scale ecological damage. The paper outlines how we got to the current climate crisis through the emphasis on market fundamentalism, prioritization of profits and financialization, privatization and the hollowing out of the commons, globalization, extensive corporate and labour deregulation, over-reliance on fossil fuels, privatization of social reproduction and care work and how we measure human development and economic growth.
[Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/just-transition/item/4103-no-going-back-to-normal-imagining-a-just-recovery-in-south-africa]
A 2020 research which looks at the economic costs of transition from coal. The authors use secondary data and conduct surveys on coal companies to calculate costs related to the transition over a period of 20 years.
[Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/just-transition/item/4104-estimating-the-cost-of-a-just-transition-in-south-africa-s-coal-sector-protecting-workers-stimulating-regional-development-and-accelerating-a-low-carbon-transition]
A 2021 policy brief which speaks to the current policy vacuum, proposing steps to address it. It considers the implications of the coal transition for employment in South Africa, with reference to national policy and available research. It then seeks to characterize the key issues, points of contestation, and the current 'just transition'/employment policy vacuum.
[Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/just-transition/item/4235-making-sense-of-jobs-in-south-africa-s-just-energy-transition-managing-the-impact-of-a-coal-transition-on-employment]
A 2020 study which discusses the just transition transaction (JTT). The study seeks to understand the JTT, its architecture and potential to catalyze changes in the complex set of challenges facing South Africa’s electricity sector. The purpose of the study is to understand the potential of a JTT to accelerate the phase out of coal-fired power and to fund development projects.
[Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/just-transition/item/4269-climate-finance-to-transform-energy-infrastructure-as-part-of-a-just-transition-in-south-africa]
A 2021 paper which advocates for (1) greater political commitment and will towards the transition to renewable and less carbon intensive energy sources in ASEAN, and (2) greater public-private cooperation to close the region’s sustainable infrastructure investment gap to support the move to renewables and lower-carbon energy sources that will enable ASEAN to achieve its climate action commitments.
[Originally posted at https://www.jetro.go.jp/view_interface.php?blockId=32332087]
A 2022 report which serves as a platform for Indonesia’s government officials, business leaders, and the public alike to understand what a coal phase-out entails — from policies, socioeconomic concerns, financial needs, institutional readiness, to technical capacity. The report follows a webinar held by the Indonesian chapter of the Clean, Affordable, and Secure Energy for Southeast Asia (CASE) to share the lessons learned on coal phase-out strategies and processes in other coal-reliant countries, i.e., Germany and Australia.
[Originally posted at https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/iki-media/publication/germanys-coal-phase-out-and-australias-practical-implementation-to-support-energy-transition-in-indonesia-1455/]
A 2021 study which aims to provide an overview of the situation, the trends as well as fossil fuel investment projections and the need to shift investment towards clean energy in Southeast Asia. It analyzes the investment environment as well as funding sources of investment in the power sector. This includes the principal stakeholders—government, private sector and civil society—and their role in current and potential future investment patterns and flows in Southeast Asia.
[Originally posted at https://climateanalytics.org/publications/2021/shifting-investment-away-from-fossil-fuels-in-southeast-asia/]
A 2021 article which reproduces a transcript from a webinar in which a retrenched coal-miner, a community environmental activist living in the same township and two union officials organizing in the area spell out the challenges and hardships in the way of achieving a 'just transition'.
[Originally posted at https://www.southafricanlabourbulletin.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/salb-vol-44-no-3-2.pdf]
A 2021 report which aims to provide insight into Eskom's sustainable development impact and performance. The authors believe that their sustainability as an organization can be achieved through sustainable development practices.
[Originally posted at https://dl.bourse.lu/dl?v=sN30F1M+Bcip0/M/GFB3hcKyExQHxWpa2VDPVjCVJVI90+W1Qw7pGYPFejwMcAmu+22k4iUvvMxZL+iHT8bmP45FGFkAk8iJAdUjrF9lgn4dSAhGK9qR4J1HW1HK/SjhO8dxMaIpDcRFsOl5fWBZkHdtwGVmr8mLJk9QTssHE6Q=]
A 2022 investment plan which proposes areas for ACT-financed investments and technical assistance, and explores the possibility of securing complementary co-financing from bilateral, multilateral, and private sources.
[Originally posted at https://www.dffe.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/accelleratedcoaltransition.invstmentplan.pdf]
A 2022 report which seeks to answer two questions: 1) How to ensure capital is supporting the development
of energy transition? How to meet growing energy demand, and at the same time ensure security and stability of supply? 2)What impact
will the energy transition have on rising inequality and communities that rely on coal?
[Originally posted at file:///Users/reema/Downloads/Broch-ESG-Thema-N8-022022_VF.pdf]
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