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A 2022 report which proposes recommendations for priority actions that countries and firms can take to encourage the participation of women in the energy sector to drive a sustainable socioeconomic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
[Originally posted at https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/Energy-Transition_Role-of-women-in-Post-COVID19.pdf]
A 2019 report which aims to collect, examine and highlight the social and environmental conflicts related to the coal supply chains of energy companies that own thermal power plants in Spain. The report focuses on human rights violations according to the UN Guiding Principles and highlights the generation of poverty in local communities around mines in countries from which coal is imported, the loss of people's traditional livelihoods (agriculture, fishing and livestock), the adverse health effects of air, water and soil pollution, the loss of water sources, the forced displacement and resettlement of populations, the loss of territory and access to land, as well as the state of working conditions in mines.
[Originally posted at https://es.greenpeace.org/es/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/COAL-AND-HUMAN-RIGHTS.pdf]
A 2021 paper which is an update of a 2017 publication written for the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Viet Nam on a Socially Just Energy Transition in Viet Nam. This energy transition must deliver a large part of Viet Nam’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation, provide access to clean energy for all, and create opportunities for decent jobs and micro-businesses for the rural poor, women and ethnic minorities.
[Originally posted at https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/vietnam/18201-20210907.pdf]
A 2015 report which outlines the planning process for a 'just transition' away from coal to new industries and new jobs, where communities are
supported to take control of their own future.
[Originally posted at https://coalactionnetworkaotearoa.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/jac_2015_final-low-res2.pdf]
A 2021 dissertation which seeks to answer the question: what are the technical, policy, and perceptual pathways, barriers, and opportunities for just transition to 100% renewable electricity in the U.S., at a state and local levels?
[Originally posted at https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2290&context=etdr]
A 2022 scoping paper which explores the human rights dimensions of renewable energy and the energy transition in Kenya. It seeks to serve as a resource for stakeholder engagement and discussion in working towards a human rights-based energy transition in Kenya.
[Originally posted at https://www.humanrights.dk/sites/humanrights.dk/files/media/document/Kenya%20Energy%20Transition%20and%20Human%20Rights%20Scoping_accessible.pdf]
A 2021 article which examines Indonesia’s efforts to realize its vision of energy justice by mobilizing private finance for renewable rural electrification. In particular, it investigates to what extent and in what ways Indonesia has addressed energy justice issues and their social implications.
[Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629620303923?via%3Dihub]
A 2021 article which aims to understand the historical, economic and political reasons for the dependence of Morocco’s energy sector, which threatens what remains of Moroccan sovereignty and aggravates social inequalities. Furthermore, the article shows how in this situation it is the most deprived populations in the country that pay for the political and economic choices made by the colonized elite, which serves as the partner of transnational corporations and international banks.
[Originally posted at https://longreads.tni.org/the-moroccan-energy-sector]
A 2019 study which offers a number of suggestions for businesses, the social partners and policy-makers, who urgently need to find forms of dialogue and synthesis, also in view of the opportunities offered by the European policies in the framework of the 2021-2027 financial programming.
[Originally posted at https://www.enelfoundation.org/content/dam/enel-foundation/topics/2019/09/just-e-volution-2030/Just%20E-volution%202030_Full%20Report%20-%20Interactive%20Version.pdf]
A paper which outlines a transition plan for working people and their communities who rely on the coal-fired electricity sector for employment, and focuses on the need to minimize the impact of unplanned closures on regional communities, which we have seen recently
occur in the Port Augusta and Anglesea communities.
[Originally posted at https://www.actu.org.au/media/1032953/actu-policy-discussion-paper-a-just-transition-for-coal-fired-electricity-sector-workers-and-communities.pdf]
A 2020 report which analyses the question what the best solution is for limiting global warming to 1.5C on the one hand, and facilitating universal energy access on the other hand. Furthermore, it analyses the question what the role of public financial institutions like export credit agencies (ECAs) could be in terms of promoting a green energy future in Africa. [Originally posted at https://www.bothends.org/uploaded_files/document/A_Just_Energy_Transition_for_Africa_November_2020.pdf]
This 2019 report from the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) analyzes the need "to rethink how to solve the energy ‘trilemma’ and provide a continuous supply of secure and decarbonised
energy that is accessible and affordable for all. Energy must be democratically controlled and offer qual-
ity employment for workers."
[Originally posted at https://www.epsu.org/sites/default/files/article/files/Going%20Public_EPSU-PSIRU%20Report%202019%20-%20EN.pdf]
A 2021 draft report which aims at outlining the transition process, including potential pathways to decarbonization in eight carbon-intensive districts of Bulgaria; assessing the economic, social and environmental impacts of decarbonization; and identifying economic diversification opportunities for each of the eight districts to address potential negative employment impacts.
[Originally posted at https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099850406022221065/p17433208e9b820909d860497e58cd4060]
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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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