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The Governance of Just Transition in Greece and in Europe
A 2021 report which first reviews the relevant European Union legal framework governing the governance mechanisms of the transition and focuses on good examples of governance from three lignite regions of Europe. It then presents the key elements of the governance mechanism proposed by the government, as reflected in the Territorial Just Transition Plans (TJTPs) and the Just Development Transition Program (PDAM). The report concludes with a critical assessment of the Greek governance mechanism and the elaboration of specific recommendations for its improvement. [Originally posted at https://thegreentank.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/202107_GreenTank_JustTransition_Governance_Report_EN.pdf]
Monitoring Energy Transitions in Eurasia (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine): Analysis and Policy Implications
A 2022 report which provides an overview of the status of non-conventional renewable energy sources (such as geothermal, wind, solar, biomass and small hydroelectric plants (IEA/IRENA 2019)), renewable energy targets and legal and regulatory frameworks adopted in four post-Soviet countries: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine. [Originally posted at https://www.pwyp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Final_Report_Energy_Transitions_Eurasia_PWYP.pdf]
High-Impact Green Recovery in the EU’s ‘Big Five’ (Emitters): Key Elements and Caveats
A 2022 policy paper builds on individual country analyzes published by the Elcano Royal Institute throughout 2021 and seeks to both provide a high level overview of future investment opportunities that will make a significant contribution to decarbonizing the EU’s largest emitters and to analyze the expected implementation. challenges. [Originally posted at https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/policy-paper-high-impact-green-recovery-in-the-eus-big-five-emitters-key-elements-and-caveats.pdf]
European Lignite-Mining Regions in Transition
A 2018 report, which was commissioned by the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Prague Office and Deutsche Umwelthilfe (Environmental Action Germany – DUH), in close collaboration with Glopolis and E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism, examines lignite mining regions in the Czech Republic and Germany. [Originally posted at https://cz.boell.org/sites/default/files/final_report_eng_online_kb.pdf]
Ensuring a Just Energy Transition in Indonesia: Lessons Learned from Country Case Studies
A 2020 report which highlights the possible impacts of energy transition in Indonesia, especially from the social and economic aspects, to ensure a 'just energy' transition in the country. It analyzes the energy transition experiences of four countries, namely Germany, South Africa, Australia, and Canada that Indonesia can adapt to achieve Indonesia’s just energy transition. [Originally posted at https://iesr.or.id/en/pustaka/ensuring-a-just-energy-transition-in-indonesia-lessons-learned-from-country-case-studies-iesr-2020]
The New German Coal Laws: A Difficult Balancing Act
A 2021 article which outlines the development, content, and legal context of the German coal exit and structural-support laws. It also looks at the influence of various interest groups on the elaboration of these laws, and at their responses to the final outcome. An analysis of equity and climate-justice considerations in the coal exit and structural-support laws is also undertaken. [Originally posted at https://brill.com/view/journals/clla/11/2/article-p176_176.xml?language=en]
Lessons for a Successful Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
A 2018 report which explores how transitions can be better planned for, managed and delivered. It develops a typology of the interventions that can be combined to enable a successful transition. These can be applied across any sector or country. [Originally posted at https://agulhas.co.uk/app/uploads/2018/06/CIFF-Transition-Review.pdf]
Towards a Just Transition: A Review of Local and International Policy Debates
A 2021 review which presents a situational analysis of the key issues that will inform the development of South Africa’s Just Transition Framework – the practical guide that will ensure that the country’s transition to a low-emissions economy is well managed, just, and equitable. [Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/images/PCC_Report_Towards_a_Just_Transition_Technical_Report_No_1_A_review_of_local_and_international_policy_debate.pdf]
Just Transition for Regions and Generations: Experiences from Structural Change in the Ruhr Area
A 2019 study which reviews Germany’s experiences with structural policy focusing on the Ruhr area (but also experiences from other regions) and identifies the structural policy developments and their positive and negative impacts. [Originally posted at https://regionsbeyondcoal.eu/just-transition-for-regions-and-generations/]
Priorities and Challenges of the EU Energy Transition: From the European Green Package to the New Green Deal
A 2020 paper which seeks to present both priorities and challenges for of the EU energy transition. It outlines the key targets and initiatives proposed and set by the European institutions in relation to the energy matters. [Originally posted at https://rujec.org/article/55375/]
Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland
A 2020 report, which runs an analysis of transitions away from fossil-fuel-based regional employment in Australia’s Latrobe Valley, Scotland’s Just Transition Commission and Germany’s Ruhr Valley and Lausitz/Lusatia, finds that an inclusive, iterative, place-based, context-specific approach enabled by public investment provides the best outcomes, including the creation of low-carbon employment alternatives. [Originally posted http://files.nesc.ie/nesc_research_series/Research_Series_Paper_15_TTCaseStudies.pdf]
Structural Change in Coal Regions as a Process of Economic and Social-Ecological Transition – Lessons Learnt from Structural Change Processes in Germany
A 2021 paper which draws on the experiences of past and ongoing transition policies, exploring their effectiveness and transferability. [Originally posted at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/1410/publikationen/2022-01-04_cc_33-2021_lessons_learnt_from_structural_change_processes.pdf]
Addressing Climate Goals and the SDGs Through a Just energy Transition? Empirical Evidence from Germany and South Africa
A 2022 report which [Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1943815X.2022.2108459]
How (Not) to Phase-Out Coal: Lessons from Germany for Just and Timely Coal Exits
A 2020 report which presents nine lessons from the German experience so they can therefore serve as benchmarks for just and timely coal phaseout processes elsewhere. [Originally posted at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep28821.pdf]
Balancing Cost and Justice Concerns in the Energy Transition: Comparing Coal Phase-Out Policies in Germany and the UK
A 2022 report which compares and explains how political and economic institutional differences influenced efforts to balance energy transition concerns, like speed and cost-effectiveness with justice for companies, workers and communities most adversely affected by the transition. [Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14693062.2022.2052788?journalCode=tcpo20]
Balancing Cost and Justice Concerns in the Energy Transition: Comparing Coal Phase Out Policies in Germany and the UK
A 2022 report which compares and explains how political and economic institutional differences influenced efforts to balance energy transition concerns, like speed and cost-effectiveness with justice for companies, workers and communities most adversely affected by the transition. [Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14693062.2022.2052788?journalCode=tcpo20]

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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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