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 2019 discussion paper which focuses on what a 'just transition' is, what the opportunities and challenges are for business, trade unions, government and communities and how collectively we can govern and finance the transition to a resilient, low carbon economy. [Originally posted at https://unglobalcompact.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019.08.27_Just-Transition-Discussion-Paper-2.pdf]

A 2017 booklet which is a follow-up, six years later, to the first booklet that was produced in 2011. It is based on well-researched solutions for how South Africa can immediately begin a 'just transition', away from the Minerals-Energy Complex that continues to dominate the South African capitalist economy, to a low carbon economy in which the basic needs of communities are met in an equitable, sustainable and affordable way. [Originally posted at https://lifeaftercoal.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/OMCJ-booklet-AIDC-FINAL-4-Oct17.pdf]

A 2022 report which details the impact of the booming warehouse and logistics industry on Will County, Illinois. [Originally posted at https://www.ww4j.org/uploads/7/0/0/6/70064813/wwj_report_good_jobs_clean_air.pdf]

A 2018 agreement by the Indigenous Environmental Network which outlines a series of principles for a 'just transition' to a green economy. It recognizes Indigenous rights, sovereignty, and assertion of self-determination along with a place-based set of principles, processes and practices for collaborating with the public and private sectors. [Originally posted at https://www.ienearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PrinciplesJustTransition-Color.pdf]

A 2020 article which presents the results of a community-informed research project analyzing the challenges and opportunities of a 'just transition' for environmental justice communities in California. [Originally posted at https://www.elr.info/sites/default/files/article/2020/02/50.10216.pdf]

A 2021 report which presents Inclusive Green Finance (IGF) as a holistic approach to policymaking that links environmental sustainability and financial inclusion. IGF addresses the risks posed by climate change on social inclusion and poverty reduction, as well as environmental risks to the financial system. [Originally posted at https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/35214/1/Volz%20et%20al%202021%20Inclusive%20Green%20Finance.pdf]

A 2020 report which aims to determine vulnerable communities' top energy policy priorities. Authors heard opinions from hundreds of community members about climate change, renewable energy, transportation, housing, utilities, and more. [Originally posted at https://www.pugetsoundsage.org/research/clean-healthy-environment/community-energy/]

A 2022 study which takes the case of a country with a high level of primary energy share that is renewable – Iceland – as well as high living standards, showing how energy and transport poverty are both possible and precariously experienced. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032122004348]

A 2021 document which aims to help the UK government ahead of COP26 in its thinking around how to better understand the differential effects of climate change and identify opportunities for the transition to a net-zero economy to deliver decent job opportunities for women. [Originally posted at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/980198/Guidance3-Women--Net-Zero-Economy-Briefing1.pdf]

A 2021 report which interrogates the idea of a 'just transition' and place it within its historical context. It addresses a major contradiction at the core of global energy transition debates: the rapid shift to low-carbon energy-systems will require increased extraction of minerals and metals. In doing so, the authors argue that extractive industries are energy and carbon-intensive, and will enlarge and intensify social and ecological injustice. [Originally posted at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sd.2163]

A 2021 study which concludes that the South African fossil fuel industry is still impeding the development of the country’s renewable resources, and the price of doing so is being met by those living in townships and in rural areas. [Originally posted at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-021-00043-w]

A 2021 brief which outlines a framework for India’s “new green revolution” that will not only be feasible for small and marginal farmers, but will provide them stable incomes. The brief explores the necessary attributes of such a climate-smart transition. [Originally posted at https://www.orfonline.org/research/new-green-revolution-just-transition-climate-smart-crops/]

A 2021 PhD thesis which aims to bridge the scientific and policy knowledge gap in what constitutes a gender just energy policy by developing and applying a conceptual framework that integrates energy justice and gender approaches in energy policy. [Originally posted at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353247576_Gender_Just_Energy_Policy_engendering_the_energy_transition_in_Europe]

A 2021 report which identifies what is missing from the current narratives of a just transition. In the initial assessment, there are two key gaps in the current national 'just transition' debate that will undermine significant progress towards a genuinely inclusive and socially just energy system. [Originally posted at https://justurbantransitions.com/our_resources/a-just-distribution-the-overlooked-role-of-energy-distribution-policy-and-governance-in-achieving-a-just-energy-transition-in-south-africa/]