General Reports
A 2022 book which contains essays written by leading experts in their fields exploring what it will take to achieve a just and climate-resilient transition in South Africa.
[Originally posted at https://www.iej.org.za/supporting-a-just-and-climate-resilient-transition-in-south-africa-presidential-climate-commission/]
A 2021 report which highlights how the EU has been and still remains Africa’s leading economic partner, so any change in Europe’s priorities will have impacts on Africa’s economies.
[Originally posted at https://www.plataformaongd.pt/uploads/subcanais2/af_web_sustainable_finance_private_sector_and_just_transition_ppongd_v5.pdf]
A 2021 event report on the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy which took place on 24 September 2021, with more than 130 global leaders, including Heads of State and Government, Ministers, Executive Heads of UN entities and international organizations, CEOs and other multi-stakeholder representatives, where they announced ambitious targets, transformational actions and bold investments towards achieving universal energy access and net-zero emissions.
[Originally posted at https://www.seforall.org/publications/mobilizing-energy-action-the-high-level-dialogue-on-energy-and-its-impacts]
In June 2022, this report was published to detail the work of the South African Presidential Climate Commission (PCC), a multi-stakeholder body, to define a framework for Just Transition declaring, in part, that it is "essential that impacted
workers and communities do not carry the overall burden of the transition, and the costs of adjustment are borne by those historically responsible for the problem."
[Originally posted at https://pccommissionflow.imgix.net/uploads/documents/A-Just-Transition-Framework-for-South-Africa-with-dedication-FSP-002.pdf]
A 2021 report which introduces globally applicable Just Transition Elements which, combined with a tailored understanding of local implementation scenarios, will support and drive further alignment across public and private actors. The three Elements – Climate and Environmental Action; Socio-economic Distribution and Equity; and Community Voice – work together to ensure that capital meaningfully contributes towards a 'just transition'.
[Originally posted at https://www.impactinvest.org.uk/publications/mobilising-institutional-capital-towards-the-sdgs-and-a-just-transition/#:~:text=Mobilise%20institutional%20capital%20from%20the,more%20private%20sector%20capital%20to]
A 2019 document which represents the guiding principles for Africa Energy Transition Programme is the vision of the African Energy Commission (AFREC) to launch and implement its continental programme on Energy Transition that will cover all African member states in phases.
[Originally posted at https://au-afrec.org/en/resources/publications/designing-african-energy-transition]
A 2022 report which investigates the following questions: How intensively should it work to adapt to previous and predicted damages caused by climate change, given the uncertainty of global mitigation efforts? How much will it cost to reduce GHG emissions? How can the private sector be mobilized to help achieve Vietnam’s climate goals? Are there trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation investments? Are there trade-offs between economic growth, poverty reduction, and climate action, and how can they be managed? Which sectors and regions should be prioritized? What are the distributional implications of a low-carbon, climate-resilient growth path?
[Originally posted at https://reliefweb.int/report/viet-nam/vietnam-country-climate-and-development-report]
A 2011 briefing paper which aims to give clarity to the terminology “just transition” and related concepts like “growth”, “economic democracy” and “second generation rights” within the context of the current South African political economic model.
[Originally posted at http://awsassets.wwf.org.za/downloads/just_transitions_paper_with_refs.pdf]
This September 28th 2022 "Queensland Energy Workers’ Charter" covers the public energy utilities within the boundaries of the state government of Queensland (Australia). It was agreed to by: Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union; CleanCo Queensland; Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (Mining and Energy Division); CS Energy; Electrical Trades Union; Energy Queensland; Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen and Minister for Public Works and Procurement; Powerlink Queensland; Premier and Minister for the Olympics; Professionals Australia; Queensland Hydro; Stanwell Corporation; The Services Union.
[Originally posted at https://www.epw.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/33031/queensland-energy-plan-workers-charter.pdf]
A 2018 report which sets out a set of voluntary actions to increase energy access in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and it is structured as follow: the vision of the Argentine Presidency for the G20 as it relates to improving energy access and affordability in the LAC region; describes the issues relating to getting to and maintaining universal electricity access; describes actions to use access to promote stronger economic and social development; addresses access to clean cooking and residential heat; sets out various factors that are common to the several forms of energy access and which can increase the effectiveness and impact of access efforts.
[Originally posted at https://biblioteca.olade.org/opac-tmpl/Documentos/old0418.pdf]
A 2020 report which is based on the panels, workshops and discussions of the international Future is Public: Democratic Ownership of the Economy conference that took place on 4-5 December, 2019 in Amsterdam’s South-East borough, the Bijlmermeer.
[Originally posted at https://www.tni.org/en/publication/7-steps-to-build-a-democratic-economy]
A 2019 book summary which presents visions of regenerative and redistributive economies, built with collective power: from the thriving cooperative economy in Kerala, India, to the hundreds of local saving banks in Germany, the worker-owned bank Banco Popular in Costa Rica, and the thousands of People’s Credit Funds in Vietnam. It explores models that could become the new normal—the basis for a democratically organized and life sustaining future.
[Originally posted at https://www.tni.org/en/publicfinance]
A 2019 book which presents visions of regenerative and redistributive economies, built with collective power: from the thriving cooperative economy in Kerala, India, to the hundreds of local saving banks in Germany, the worker-owned bank Banco Popular in Costa Rica, and the thousands of People’s Credit Funds in Vietnam. It explores models that could become the new normal—the basis for a democratically organized and life sustaining future.
[Originally posted at https://www.tni.org/en/publicfinance]
A 2022 study which explores the synergies and linkages between post-COVID 19 crisis recovery approaches and the energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean. It aims to identify recovery strategies for key sectors and technologies based on changes in policies, institutions, regulations and investments in such a way that it leads to more sustainable ways to produce and consume energy
and the decarbonization of the economy.
[Originally posted at https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/47868/3/S2100949_en.pdf]
Hot Reports
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