A 2022 research which finds that such institutions have exacerbated South Africa’s prospective stranded asset exposure, and by doing so, have accrued a Stranded Asset Debt (SAD)—as a supply-side counterpart to the demand-side climate debt, which they have also accumulated—perhaps to the tune of at least several dozens of billions of dollars. [Originally posted at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anti.12868]

A 2020 briefing, prepared by Bruegel on the request of the European Parliament Committee for the Regional Development, focuses on the most concrete elements of the Commission’s proposals: the Just Transition Fund regulation proposal that lays down its objective, geographical coverage, the methodology for the allocation of resources and the content of the territorial just transition plans required to underpin the programming; and the targeted amendments of the Common Prevision Regulation (CPR) proposal, which will incorporate the JTF into the overall EU cohesion policy framework (in addition to the ERDF, ESF+, etc). [Originally posted at https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/237638]

A 2020 report which recommends radical changes to be made in order that the path to a net-zero economy be founded upon a 'just transition', addressing both banking firms and government. [Originally posted at https://www.social-banking.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Financing-Climate-Action-with-Positive-Social-Impact.pdf]

A 2020 briefing which sets out four benchmarks for designing the governance structure of the fund to make sure the EU moves faster towards climate neutrality. [Originally posted at http://www.jstor.com/stable/resrep21738]

A 2022 report which analyzes the situation of workers in the mining supply chain. [Originally posted at https://www.cnvinternationaal.nl/_Resources/Persistent/a/8/0/e/a80e414827c77f5fc10dfc3ea960ae682276f287/CNVI-0352%20Profundo%20Mineral%20supply%20chains%20from%20Latin%20America%20221006%20def.pdf]

A 2020 study which explores the role of South African banks in mobilising the necessary financial resources for the country’s energy transition, and particularly the two important questions of whether there are presently sufficient funds, and whether the banks are presently promoting or delaying technological innovation in the renewable energy sector. [Originally posted at https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/79625/Mulibana_Transitioning_2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]

A 2020 report which reviews the phase out of coal process for countries in Europe. [Originally posted at https://www.euki.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/E3G_2020_Comparative_Analysis_CEE.pdf]

A 2021 report which discusses the transition from coal under EU recovery programmes. [Originally posted at https://www.ceps.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PI2021-06_From-coal-to-low-carbon.pdf]

A 2020 report which outlines the key challenges and opportunities and conclude with a series of practical steps available to policymakers in regards to 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://copestake.info/uploads/otherwriting/the_just_transition_in_energy.pdf]

A 2019 report which sets out the role that investors can play in delivering a just transition in the UK. It seeks to understand the growing momentum in favour of a 'just transition' and to illustrate the implications through a set of place-based examples from Yorkshire and the Humber, before setting out recommendations for investor action. [Originally posted at https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/financing-inclusive-climate-action-in-the-uk-an-investor-roadmap-for-the-just-transition/]

A 2022 report which develops a novel estimate of the revenues generated by fossil fuels for all governments in the United States, then estimates how those revenues change under three stylized scenarios through 2050: Business-as-usual, 2°Celsius, and 1.5°Celsius. [Originally posted at https://media.rff.org/documents/WP_22-3_-_Fiscal_Implications.pdf]

A 2022 study which aims to shed light on the diverse contributions of social movements to staying within the global carbon budget, as well as on the specific outcomes and strategies employed in protests against hydrocarbon activities. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800922000180]

A 2022 report in which Professor Nick Robins analyzes the growing influence of 'just transition' on climate policy across civil society, business and finance and outlines its emergence as key factor shaping how Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) global forecasts play out on carbon pricing, clean energy, fossil fuel phase down, EVs, agriculture and land use. [Originally posted at https://www.unpri.org/inevitable-policy-response/the-just-transition-shaping-the-delivery-of-the-inevitable-policy-response/9856.article]

A 2021 paper which is the first of the “Stakeholders in the Just Transition” series, aims to assess the ways in which financial actors can better incorporate the dimension of workers into their strategies, to mitigate risks associated with the transition and maximize the opportunities it can bring about. [Originally posted at https://financefortomorrow.com/app/uploads/2021/02/F4T_Integrating-workers-into-investment-and-financing-frameworks.pdf]

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]