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Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment--Final Report
The January 2019 final report of the Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment which served as the basis for recommendations and funding to develop a broad social consensus around structural changes to energy and climate policy in Germany with a focus on "providing concrete prospects for new, future-proof jobs in the regions affected . The members of the Commission rep-resent a broad cross-section of societal, political and economic actors ."
The Green New Deal in the United States: What it is and How to Pay for It
A paper analyzing the U.S. Green New Deal focusing on its macroeconomics; and its inextricable linkage of climate change mitigation and the reduction of economic in-equality.
A Fair Climate Policy for Workers Implementing a Just Transition in Various European Countries and Canada
A Just Transition vision and principles from the The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK.
Putting California on the High Road: A Jobs and Climate Action Plan for 2030
A June 2020 report that lays out a vision for the State of California "for integrating economic and workforce development into major climate policies and programs in order to help achieve California’s major climate goals: achieving 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and transitioning to a carbon neutral economy by 2045"
A Socially Just Transition Through the European Green Deal?
A 2020 report from the European Trade Union Institute examining whether the "European Green Deal constitutes a suitable policy framework to combine environmental and economic objectives with the pursuit of social fairness, thus ensuring a just transition towards more sustainable economies and societies.
Just Transition: A Social Route to Sustainability
A report from Social Europe elaborating what ‘just transition’ means—from the concept itself to its outworking on the ground.
Case Study: Closure of Hazelwood Power Plant La Trobe Valley, Australia
A May 2020 analysis of the 2017 closure of the Hazelwood Coal Power Plant, located in Latrobe Valley, 132 km east of the State of Victoria’s capital city Melbourne--form the Canadian Labor Education Centre
Case Study: Closure of Ontario's Coal-Fired Power Plants
An August 2020 analysis of the phase-out of all coal-fired plants in Ontario, Canada--from the Canadian Labor Education Centre
The European Green Deal Investment Plan and Just Transition Mechanism: Explained
A January 2020 synopsis of the European Commission's Green New Deal
Just Transition: How Environmental Justice Organisations and Trade Unions Are Coming Together for Social and Environmental Transformation
A report from a series of 2019 workshops hosted by the Transnational Institute. [Originally posted at https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/web_justtransition.pdf]
Agreement for a Just Transition for Coal Power Plants: Jobs, Industry and Territories (Spain)
An April 2020 framework agreement for the closure of coal plants was made between the government, unions and private industry.
Towards a Just Transition: Coal, Cars and the World of Work
This book from the European Trade Union Institute "investigates the challenge of achieving a just transition towards a net-zero carbon economy by drawing lessons from two carbon-intensive sectors: coal-based energy generation and the automobile industry" with a specific focus on Germany, Italy and France
State of the European Green New Deal
A 2021 presentation--summarized in graphics and tables--on the state of the European Green New Deal--from the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST)
Fighting for our Future: An IUF Guide on Tackling the Climate Crisis in Intensive Livestock Production
A January 2022 guide from the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF)
Climate Finance Shadow Report 2020: Assessing Progress Towards the $100 Billion Commitment
Oxfam's 2020 report on developed countries' progress to "mobilize $100bn per year by 2020 to support developing countries to adapt to the impacts of climate change and reduce their emissions."

Hot Reports

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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