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The German Coal Commission — A Role Model for Transformative Change?
A 2019 briefing paper which finds, among other results, that efficient and effective use of available funds for regional transition strategies are crucial to create economic perspectives and ensure social stability in regions. [Originally posted at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep21748.pdf]
Modelling the Zero-Carbon Transition: International Approaches and Lessons for Ireland
A 2020 research paper which was an input to, and should be read in conjunction with, Council Report no 149: Addressing Employment Vulnerability as Part of a Just Transition in Ireland. [Originally posted at http://edepositireland.ie/handle/2262/100588]
COP 26: A Just Transition? Workshop Summary
A 2021 briefing which summarises the findings of two workshops held at a fringe event in Glasgow City Council Chambers at COP26. The workshops involved hearing from nine speakers detailing international case studies where projects or governments implemented a 'just transition' in their nation or community. [Originally posted at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep39521.pdf]
Moral Rifts in the Coal Phase-Out—How Mayors Shape Distributive and Recognition-Based Dimensions of a Just Transition in Lusatia
A 2021 article which elucidates how actors at the intersection between inner- and supra-regional discourses respond to and shape complex, spatially and morally diverging justice claims in the tension field between distribution and recognition. [Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1523908X.2021.1992267]
A Just Transition in the Meat Sector: Why, Who and How? A Mapping of Affected Stakeholders in High-Income Countries, and Principles to Guide a Just Transition
A 2022 report which maps out the key stakeholder groups, focusing on domestic meat markets in high-consuming developed countries, and identifies guiding principles for a 'just transition' away from large-scale meat production and consumption. [Originally posted at https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/just-transition-meat-sector.pdf]
The Just Transition Challenge: Avoiding Carbon Leakage and Jobs Off-Shoring in Decarbonising International Supply Chains
A 2018 paper which demonstrates that displacement of currently EU-based production activity could potentially lead to reductions in domestic jobs and GDP, combined with a net increase in global CO2 emissions. [Originally posted at https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/66207/]
Green Transformation: Challenge to Energy Intensive Regions: The Case of the Ruhr Region and Further Examples from Europe
A 2016 presentation by Béla Galgóczi, Senior Researcher for the European Trade Union Institute in Brussels, to the ACW All Team Meeting in Vancouver, November 2016. The presentation is a case study of the Ruhr Valley industrial transformation post World War 2, as well as more recent examples of 'just transition' throughout Europe. [Originally posted at http://130.63.180.190/xmlui/handle/10315/39298]
Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities: Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production
A 2021 book which builds on an international workshop held between 25 and 27 June 2019 in Jena, Germany. The workshop was hosted by the Junior Research Group “Bioeconomy and Inequalities. Transnational Entanglements and Interdependencies in the Bioenergy Sector”, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). [Originally posted at https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/49529/9783030689445.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels - How to Achieve a Just Transition?
A background paper which tries to take a comprehensive look at various aspects that are to be considered in relation to a fossil fuel phase-out to achieve more ambitious climate goals. [Originally posted at https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/rest/items/item_24651_3/component/file_24690/content]
Wind Energy and the Just Transition: Political and Socio-Economic Pinch Points in Wind Turbine Manufacturing and Windfarm Communities in Europe and South Africa
A 2022 report which develops five comparative case studies on wind turbine manufacturing and windfarm deployment in Denmark, Germany, England, Scotland and South Africa. [Originally posted at https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/wind-energy-and-the-just-transition-political-and-socio-economic-pinch-points-in-wind-turbine-manufacturing-and-windfarm-communities-in-europe-and-south-africa/]
Phasing Out Identities? Narratives of Coal Workers’ Struggles in Lusatia’s Energy Transition Process
A 2021 thesis, embedded in the field of political ecology, which draws on 'just transitions' discourses and investigates the social implications of energy transitions for lignite workers in Lusatia. [Originally posted at https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=9063062&fileOId=9065185]
Contested Justice: Climate Justice Activists’ and Coal Workers’ Interpretations of a Just Transition in the Rhinish Lignite Phase Out
A 2022 thesis which investigates workers’ and climate justice activists’ perceptions of justice in the transition process by looking at the Rhineland region, which has become a key site of the struggle around the future of the lignite industry. [Originally posted at https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=9079314&fileOId=9079320]
How to Avoid Unjust Energy Transitions: Insights from the Ruhr Region
A 2022 paper which leverages documentary analysis of data across a wide array of sources to test these claims and identify lessons by creating a novel just energy transition framework. [Originally posted at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13705-022-00345-5]
Coal Phase-Out and Just Transitions: Lessons Learned from Europe
A 2022 report which examines the impact of coal transitions on the workers, communities, and corporations in several European countries and explores the processes, policies, and programmes implemented to manage the transition. [Originally posted at https://newclimate.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/coal_phase_out_paper_nov_2022.pdf]
Just Transition Strategies for the Austrian and German Automotive Industry in the Course of Vehicle Electrification
A 2021 research which provides a review of the expected changes in employment in Austrian and German automotive industry. [Originally posted at https://ideas.repec.org/p/clr/mwugar/213.html]
How Public Banks Can Help Finance a Green and Just Energy Transformation
A 2017 issue brief which explores the lessons from two public banks, one in Costa Rica and the other in Germany that are developing new and innovative ways of financing a green transformation. [Originally posted at https://www.tni.org/en/publication/how-public-banks-can-help-finance-a-green-and-just-energy-transformation]

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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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