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The Energy Transition for Green Growth Act in France
A 2018 study which examines the Energy Transition Green Growth Act (Loi relative à la transition énergétique pour la croissance verte – LTECV) and its possible transferability to the German context. [Originally posted at https://www.euki.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20181205_French_LTECV_Study.pdf]
Just Transition: Tools for Protecting Workers and Their Communities at Risk of Displacement Due to Climate Policy
A 2020 chapter which discusses how California can ensure a 'just transition' for workers and communities negatively affected by the climate policies discussed in this report. [Originally posted at https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Chapter-4-Just-Transition-Putting-California-on-the-High-Road.pdf]
Just Transition to Climate Neutrality: Doing Right by the Regions
A 2020 report which illustrates, through four case study regions in Europe, that even though each region is different, the challenges they face to ensure a 'just transition' from coal are strikingly similar. [Originally posted at https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_just_transition_to_climate_neutrality.pdf]
Just Transition Towards a Climate Neutral Society: An Analysis of Trade Union Strategies in Four European Countries
A 2020 thesis which examines how trade unions in different parts of Europe are understanding the concept of a 'just transition' and which strategies they are using to give effect to it. [Originally posted at https://is.muni.cz/th/qd76s/Master_thesis_Maschlanka.pdf]
Just Transition for Health Protection: Why Disease Prevention and Zero Pollution Need to Be at the Heart of Energy Investments
A 2020 by Health and Environment Alliance which explores how a 'just transition' must include the health perspective, in order to shift the economy towards a climate-neutral and health promoting future, while leaving no one behind. [Originally posted at https://www.env-health.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/HEAL-Just-transition.pdf]
Implementing Coal Transitions: Insights from Case Studies of Major Coal-Consuming Economies
A 2018 report which summarizes the main insights from Coal Transitions research project. It outlines the growing momentum behind coal transitions around the world and highlights key findings from case studies of six major coal-consuming countries, which explore how “below-2°C”-compatible transitions away from thermal coal could be implemented. [Originally posted at https://coaltransitions.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/coal_synthesis_final.pdf]
Eight Steps for a Just Transition
A 2017 guide which offers some pointers for initiating a 'just transition' process. [Originally posted at https://bankwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/eight-steps-just-transition.pdf]
The State of Youth Engagement in the Implementation of the EU Just Transition Mechanism
A 2022 report which provides an overview of the political youth engagement activities for the development of Territorial Just Transition Plans of twelve EU Member States. [Originally posted at https://www.just-transition.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Briefing-The-state-of-youth-engagement-in-the-implementation-of-the-EU-Just-Transition-Mechanism.pdf]
Phasing Out Coal - A Just Transition Approach
A 2019 paper which focuses on finding out what a just coal transition might look like in practice. [Originally posted at https://www.etui.org/publications/working-papers/phasing-out-coal-a-just-transition-approach]
Balancing Objectives? Just Transition in National Recovery and Resilience Plans
A 2022 paper which assesses how well national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs) aim at jointly tackling the social and climate/environmental challenges of recovery from the crisis and the transition to a net zero carbon socioeconomic model. [Originally posted at https://www.etui.org/publications/balancing-objectives-just-transition-national-recovery-and-resilience-plans]
Governance Policies for a “Just Transition” – A Case Study in the Rhineland Lignite Mining District
A 2022 report which develops policy measures for a 'just transition' based on a case study conducted in Germany’s Rhineland lignite mining district. [Originally posted at http://www.sdewes.org/jsdewes/pid8.0383]
Pathways for Just Transitions
A 2021 paper which summarizes a number of core policy objectives and strategies to help advance 'just transitions'. [Originally posted at https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/sites/cif_enc/files/knowledge-documents/jti_pathways_report_web.pdf]
Scaling Just Transitions: Legitimation Strategies in Coal Phase-Out Commissions in Canada and Germany
A 2021 article which traces how governments use commissions to legitimize their transition policies by comparing the Canadian and German stakeholder commissions through expert interviews with their members. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629821000664]
Mapping Just Transition(s) to a Low-Carbon World
A 2018 report which unpacks the different understandings, narratives, and framings of 'just transition' that underpin the concept’s growing popularity and uptake. Six short country case studies then provide insights into how 'just transition' is—or is not—being mobilized on the ground. [Originally posted at https://www.uncclearn.org/resources/library/mapping-just-transitions-to-a-low-carbon-world/]
Just Transitions: A Comparative Perspective
A 2020 report which draws on examples and literatures that are indebted to definitions of 'just transitions'. It considers how far five different countries (the US, Canada, Germany, Norway and Peru) have gone in terms of embedding the broad principles implied by ‘just transition’ in their plans, strategies, policies, and activities. [Originally posted at https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/independent-report/2020/08/transitions-comparative-perspective2/documents/transitions-comparative-perspective/transitions-comparative-perspective/govscot:document/transitions-comparative-perspective.pdf]
A Just Transition Fund - How the EU Budget Can Best Assist in the Necessary Transition from Fossil Fuels to Sustainable Energy
A 2020 study which provides a comprehensive analysis of how the EU can best ensure a ‘just transition’ in all its territories and for all its citizens with the tools at its disposal. It provides an overview and a critical assessment of the Commission's proposal, and suggests possible amendments based on best practices from other 'just transition' initiatives. [Originally posted at https://www.bruegel.org/sites/default/files/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bruegel-JTF-report-for-EP-BUDG2.pdf]

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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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