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A Just Transition for All: Can the Past Inform the Future?
A 2014 journal which is focused on drawing the lessons from a few transition experiences in order to analyze how successfully (or not) these processes were managed in the past and how future transitions might be handled in a just manner. The articles all address one or several of the elements highlighted by the International Labour Conference (ILC) conclusions as part of the 'just transition' framework, and provide a rationale and solid justification for the use of these policies in the transition towards sustainability. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---actrav/documents/publication/wcms_375223.pdf]
For a Fair and Effective Industrial Climate Transition: Support Measures for Heavy Industry in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany
A 2021 paper which evaluates the support mechanisms for heavy industry which have been put in place over the past 20 years, comparing the state of play in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. It also compares recent developments in the industrial policy frameworks of these countries, considering European as well as domestic domestic policy levers. [Originally posted at https://reset.vlaanderen/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/For-a-fair-and-effective-industrial-climate-transition-2021.pdf]
The Road Towards a Carbon-Free Society
A 2020 report about the collaboration between German and Nordic trade union organisations. The organisations contribute to the national, regional and international discussion on Just Transition by helping to define Just Transition and shed light on structural change triggered by climate policies and the effects and possibilities it will have on labour markets. [Originally posted at https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/stockholm/17520.pdf]
German Just Transition: A Review of Public Policies to Assist German Coal Communities in Transition
A 2021 report which examines public initiatives implemented in Germany to support workers and communities impacted by the decline in coal production from the 1960s to the present. It presents key policy alternatives and lessons from the German case to inform 'just transition' processes in other countries and regions. [Originally posted at https://www.energiewende-global.com/fileadmin/user_upload/giz-website/Media_Library/Just_Transition/German_Just_Transition.pdf]
A Just Transition: Why Transitioning Workers into a New Clean Energy Economy Should Be at the Center of Climate Change Policies
A 2017 report which looks at New York State’s recently announced Clean Climate Careers Initiative and analyzes it through a proposed 'just transition' framework by building on examples from the United States and Germany. [Originally posted at https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1796&context=elr]
Union Experiences and Lessons from Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Nigeria and Spain
A 2019 report which highlights case studies of unions turning Just Transition agreements into legislation, investment, and collective bargaining agreements in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Nigeria and Spain. [Originally posted at https://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/191120_-_just_transition_case_studies.pdf]
The Long and Winding Road from Black to Green: Decades of Structural Change in the Ruhr Region
This report 2014 report by Béla Galgóczi of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) uses the Ruhr region as an example of the change from traditional industry-based, resource- and material-intensive economic activity towards a knowledge-based, resource-efficient economy. [Originally posted at https://labordoc.ilo.org/discovery/delivery/41ILO_INST:41ILO_V1/1268289810002676 ]
Climate Paths for Germany
A joint 2018 Boston Consulting Group-Prognos study examining "economically cost-efficient strategies for successful 80 to 95 percent GHG reduction by 2050." [Originally posted at https://www.bcg.com/publications/2018/climate-paths-for-germany-english ]
Climate Paths for Germany
A 2018 report from the Boston Consulting Group that "shows economically cost-efficient strategies for successful 80 to 95 percent GHG reduction by 2050."
DGB Charter of Transition
An August 2021 declaration from the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB - Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund) advocating "a tripartite transition for our country – one that is social, ecological and democratic."
Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment--Final Report
The January 2019 final report of the Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment which served as the basis for recommendations and funding to develop a broad social consensus around structural changes to energy and climate policy in Germany with a focus on "providing concrete prospects for new, future-proof jobs in the regions affected . The members of the Commission rep-resent a broad cross-section of societal, political and economic actors ."
The German Coal Commission a Roadmap for a Just Transition from Coal to Renewables
A German coal industry report analysing the recommendations of the government's Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment (available on our site).
A Socially Just Transition Through the European Green Deal?
A 2020 report from the European Trade Union Institute examining whether the "European Green Deal constitutes a suitable policy framework to combine environmental and economic objectives with the pursuit of social fairness, thus ensuring a just transition towards more sustainable economies and societies.
Just Transition: A Social Route to Sustainability
A report from Social Europe elaborating what ‘just transition’ means—from the concept itself to its outworking on the ground.
Towards a Just Transition: Coal, Cars and the World of Work
This book from the European Trade Union Institute "investigates the challenge of achieving a just transition towards a net-zero carbon economy by drawing lessons from two carbon-intensive sectors: coal-based energy generation and the automobile industry" with a specific focus on Germany, Italy and France

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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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