A 2021 report which discusses opportunities and actions for investors to support a 'just transition' for high-risk communities that are dependent on emissions-intensive energy industries. [Originally posted at https://igcc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IGCC-Investors-role-in-an-Equitable-Transition-to-net-zero-emissions_FINAL-150720211-copy.pdf]

A 2022 study which proposes a framework for considering the justice issues of industrial cluster decarbonisation, a pressing challenge confronting many industrialised economies. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032122005883]

A 2020 article which critically discusses the notion of a 'just transition' toward democratic sustainability as developed at the intersection between climate justice and labor politics. We invite an expansion of ideas of socio-environmental and labor justice based on Jacques Ranciere’s “method of (in)equality,” which problematizes justice theories and the politics of identitarian-group recognition. [Originally posted at https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1814585]

A 2021 publication which contains the key recommendations and input papers developed in the framework of the two expert workshops on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans in 2021 organized by the Aspen Institute Germany. [Originally posted at https://www.aspeninstitute.de/wp-content/uploads/2021_Aspen-Germany_Implementing-the-Green-Agenda-for-the-WB.pdf]

A 2020 position paper which lays out four principles for a 'just transition' in Ukraine and the Western Balkans. [Originally posted at https://bankwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/position-JT-WB-UA.pdf]

A 2021 report which discusses how climate finance can deliver climate solutions and justice in a way that works for people, communities and the environment. [Originally posted at https://actionaid.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ActionAid_ClimateFinanceRapport-low-res.pdf]

A 2021 article which provides a critical reading of the report, The Next Frontier: Human Development, and the Anthropocene and human development literature more widely, in assessing the role of lifelong learning in educating for 'just transitions', which it broadly understands as the transformation of all social systems, including economic systems, to bring them back into balance with earth systems in which they are embedded. [Originally posted at https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11159-021-09914-w.pdf]

A 2021 report, which is an extension of the main GEO-6 report, presents and explains the findings of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) flagship environmental assessment in a way that helps city decision makers take clear action. [Originally posted at https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2021/11/geocities_updated.pdf]

A 2021 policy brief which outlines the core objectives, modalities, eligibility and scale that should form the core of the proposed Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST). [Originally posted at https://www.bu.edu/gdp/files/2021/10/TF_Policy-Brief_FIN.pdf]

A 2021 paper which aims to articulate the role of social protection in addressing major socioeconomic challenges arising from climate change and the need to strategically link social protection and national climate change responses. [Originally posted at https://socialprotection.org/sites/default/files/publications_files/Paper%20-%20Social%20Protection%20and%20Climate%20Change_%20Scaling%20up%20Ambition%20%282%29.pdf]

A 2022 paper which synthesizes the extant theoretical ideas and practices of the local governance related to energy transition, which are vital in ensuring justice in energy policy at the local level. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/11/6495]

A 2021 toolkit which aims to provide information to help union officers and reps in Wales who want to take action on the climate emergency and negotiate for greener and fairer workplaces. It is designed to support the voice of workers and their unions. [Originally posted at https://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-06/greenerworkplaces_may21_2.pdf]

A 2021 study which identifies the main enablers necessary for countries to overcome a range of barriers to a green, inclusive energy transition in Africa. Furthermore, it outlines the need for stronger coordination in promoting the energy transition, taking into account the specific political economy of respective national electricity sectors, and highlights four focus areas where a broader set of development instruments needs to be applied in order to create a new partnership between African governments and development partners. [Originally posted at https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2021/March/Renewable_Energy_Transition_Africa_2021.pdf]

A 2014 paper which explores the role of politics, actors and institutions in enabling or frustrating the pursuit of climate compatible energy development in Kenya. [Originally posted at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.2040-0209.2014.00445.x]

A 2018 discussion paper which seeks to understand how far Kenya has achieved a 'just transition' in it energy sector. [Originally posted at https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/kenia/14811.pdf]

A 2022 report which shows that a scenario involving larger amounts of renewable energy and less energy demand – in short, a comprehensive and more ambitious energy transformation in tune with Paris Climate Agreement goals – supports core policy objectives such as economic growth and social well-being, and provides a unique opportunity to revitalise the rural economy, increase regional autonomy and create jobs in Japan. [Originally posted at https://www.irena.org/publications/2022/Sep/Socio-economic-Footprint-of-the-Energy-Transition-Japan]