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Just Transition to a Sustainable Future
A 2021 resource which explores the idea of 'just transition' and specifies action steps that can be taken. [Originally posted at https://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/2103justtransitionfinal.pdf]
Just transition: Make It Work - Towards Decent and High Quality Work in a Green Economy
A 2022 report which came after the Ministers of Labour, Employment, and Social Affairs gathered in Wolfsburg on 24 May 2022 to agree on concrete actions and joint steps towards a 'just transition' and the creation of decent, high quality work for a green economy. [Originally posted at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/628df082e90e071f61322253/g7_lem_communique_final-1.pdf]
Climate Justice Alliance: Just Transition Principles
A 2018 short paper which aims to articulate the shared analysis & principles held by members of the Climate Justice Alliance, recognizing that a 'just transition' will look different in different places. [Originally posted at https://climatejusticealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CJA_JustTransition_Principles_final_hi-rez.pdf]
A Rapid and Just Transition of Aviation: Shifting Towards Climate-Just Mobility
A 2021 paper which discusses how long-term security for workers and affected communities can be guaranteed, without returning to business as before. [Originally posted at https://stay-grounded.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SG_Just-Transition-Paper_2021.pdf]
Change Finance, Not the Climate
A 2020 book which has six chapters, each of which offers an assessment of proposals to reform the financial system. Every chapter starts with a table that briefly summarizes the proposals that will be discussed, their proponents or examples of where they are being implemented, their potential impact, achievability and any associated drawbacks. Six core recommendations (one per chapter) emerge as priorities, but these are not the only proposals that merit being taken forward. Indeed, all of the measures discussed herein could contribute to building a financial system that would be part of the solution to climate chaos, rather than part of the problem. Uprooting the monoculture of financial capitalism and replacing it with a balanced financial ecosystem that sticks to planetary boundaries and respects social justice requires far more than uprooting a single tree. [Originally posted at https://www.tni.org/en/changefinance]
Mainstreaming Climate Change Commitments Through Finance Commission’s Recommendations
A 2021 analysis which suggests that climate change criterion in the intergovernmental fiscal transfer mechanism in India is a significant step to incentivise the conservation of forests. However, the macropolicy channel of this link is through the public expenditure priorities related to climate change commitments by the state governments, to make a 'just transition' towards a sustainable climate-resilent economy. [Originally posted at https://nipfp.mimirtech.com/media/medialibrary/2021/08/WP__341_2021.pdf]
South African Climate Finance Landscape 2020
A 2021 report which applies the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) framework for climate finance mapping to the South African economy. It aims to inform ongoing efforts by the Government of South Africa to understand how climate finance flows throughout the economy and the areas on which it could focus to improve effectiveness going forward. This is achieved by mapping the lifecycle of flows, from sources through to intermediaries, instruments, disbursement channels, and final uses. [Originally posted at https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/South-African-Climate-Finance-Landscape-January-2021.pdf]
Financing a Just Transition
A 2019 report which highlights that building on receptivity to reinforce the underlying broader purpose the financial system is a precondition for a 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1086026618794176]
The Closing Window: Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies [Executive Summary]
A 2022 executive summary of a report, under the same title, which acts as a testimony to inadequate action on the global climate crisis, and is a call for the rapid transformation of societies. [Originally posted at https://reliefweb.int/report/world/emissions-gap-report-2022-closing-window-climate-crisis-calls-rapid-transformation-societies-enarruzhsw]
The Closing Window: Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
A 2022 report which acts as a testimony to inadequate action on the global climate crisis, and is a call for the rapid transformation of societies. [Originally posted at https://reliefweb.int/report/world/emissions-gap-report-2022-closing-window-climate-crisis-calls-rapid-transformation-societies-enarruzhsw]
A Social Climate Fund for a Fair Energy Transition
A 2021 policy brief which outlines three overarching reflections on the challenges and opportunities to finance a 'just transition' through the Social Climate Fund. [Originally posted at https://institutdelors.eu/en/publications/a-social-climate-fund/]
World Energy Transitions Outlook
A 2021 report which outlines a pathway for the world to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and halt the pace of climate change by transforming the global energy landscape. [Originally posted https://irena.org/publications/2021/Jun/World-Energy-Transitions-Outlook]
The Evolving Just Transition: Definitions, Context and Practical Insights for Africa
A 2022 commentary which aims to bring more clarity and specificity to the discourse on 'just transitions' in Africa. [Originally posted at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2634-4505/ac9a69/pdf]
A Global Just Transition from Fossil Fuels
A document which provides a summary of some of the key elements, points of context, questions of framing and challenges and opportunities associated with Pillar III, produced as part of a larger strategy development process by Niclas Hällström (Director of WhatNext?), as well as reflections on the broader context of the climate crisis and the need for a fossil fuel treaty. It is part of an ongoing programme of work to develop Pillar III strategy and interventions needed at a global scale to enable a fair phase out of fossil fuels. [Originally posted at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dd3cc5b7fd99372fbb04561/t/6183c251e4c9b637d921fb38/1636024916489/FFNPT+Pillar+III+Concept+note+.pdf]
Stakeholders in the Just Transition: Consumers
A 2021 paper which is the second of the “Stakeholders in the Just Transition” series, highlights the need for financial institutions to integrate consumer concerns as part of their 'just transition' strategies. [Originally posted at https://financefortomorrow.com/app/uploads/2021/06/F4T_Stakeholders-in-the-Just-Transition-2_Consumers.pdf]
Just Transitions Towards a Nature-Positive Economy: Learning from Stories of Change
A 2021 discussion paper which lays out recommendations to achieve a just economic transitions to become nature-positive. [Originally posted at https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/just_transitions_towards_a_nature_positive_economy_summary_1.pdf]

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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