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World Energy Outlook 2022
The October 2022 sweeping evaluation of the state of energy and power transition--produced by the International Energy Agency. [Originally posted at https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/c282400e-00b0-4edf-9a8e-6f2ca6536ec8/WorldEnergyOutlook2022.pdf ]
Social and Labour Aspects of the Just Transition Towards Climate Neutrality
A 2022 position paper which sets out its inputs in response to the European Commission’s consultation with regard to certain reflection areas and aims to assess the actual proposal published in December 2021 by emphasising the positive elements and the remaining grey areas or negative elements. [Originally posted at https://www.eapn.eu/social-and-labour-aspects-of-the-just-transition-towards-climate-neutrality-eapn-position-paper/]
Enhancing Action on Climate Change Through a Just Transition and the Creation of Decent Work
A 2017 document which aims to provide insight into the contributions the ILO is making towards climate change action, targeting the GCF stakeholders, including National Designated Authorities (NDAs), GCF Board Members, Accredited Entities and Project Managers, as well as the GCF Secretariat. It informs how ILO programmes address climate change from an employment perspective. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_561036.pdf]
Just Transition and Workers’ Rights in the Global South: The Recent Argentine and Chilean Nationally Determined Contributions
A 2021 paper which focuses on how Argentina and Chile, with a high percentage of informality in their economies and their labour markets, have embedded 'just transition' into their legal orders through the submission of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/17/9616]
ILO Just Energy Transition Innovation Challenge: Fostering Innovation for High-Impact Climate and Decent Work Solutions
A 2021 report which aims to identify, enhance, test and disseminate high-potential policy ideas and solutions that promote a 'just transition' for all, breaking from business-as-usual. [Originally posted at https://www.climateaction4jobs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Online-PDF-full-challenge-call-description.pdf
Making Sure ‘Fit for 55’ Is Fit for a Just Energy Transition
A 2022 paper, in which REScoop.eu formulates both opportunities and shortcomings of the European Commission's proposed social climate fund. [Originally posted at https://www.rescoop.eu/toolbox/making-sure-fit-for-55-is-fit-for-a-just-energy-transition]
Opportunities for a Just Transition to Environmental Sustainability and COVID-19 Recovery in the Textile and Garment Sector in Asia
A 2022 paper which examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the textile and garment sector, specifically the employment and enterprise impacts, and contextualizes these within the wider development impacts of the sector – social, economic and environmental; both positive and negative – to ask the question: how sustainable is the sector? [Originally posted at https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/263117/1/ilo-wp54.pdf]
Mobilizing Energy Action: The High-Level Dialogue on Energy and Its Impacts
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]
Social Protection for a Just Transition and Sustainable Future for All
A 2021 report which provides a solid framework and practical guidance for countries to set in motion concrete steps for the ecological transition while leaving no one behind. [Originally posted at https://www.social-protection.org/gimi/RessourcePDF.action?ressource.ressourceId=57240]
Measuring the Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Policies to Guide NDC Enhancement and a Just Transition
A 2021 study which analyzes the impacts of Nigeria’s climate policies on employment, GDP and emissions in keeping with revised national determined contributions (NDCs). [Originally posted at https://climatepromise.undp.org/research-and-reports/nigeria-measuring-socioeconomic-impacts-climate-policies-guide-ndc-enhancement]
Safe Climate: A Report of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
A 2019 report in which the Special Rapporteur illustrates the devastating effects of the current global climate emergency on the enjoyment of human rights, and the crucial role for human rights in catalyzing action to address climate change. [Originally posted at https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Environment/SREnvironment/Report.pdf]
A Just Energy Transition in Southeast Asia: The Impact of Coal Phase-Out on Jobs
A 2022 report which focuses on ensuring a 'just transition' while phasing out coal in line with the ILO Guidelines for a Just Transition towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies for All. The report suggests that in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam, job losses due to mine closures in coal-dependent regions and the loss of indirect jobs in their industrial ecologies will have a profound negative effect on the labour markets, economies, and livelihoods of local communities. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/asia/publications/WCMS_845700/lang--en/index.htm]
Addressing the Labour and Employment Implications for a Just Transition to a Green Economy in Guyana
A 2018 think piece which aims to explore the inter linkages between the 'green state development strategy' and the world of work with the goal of making recommendations on how to best ensure decent work principles in the development and implementation of the national plan. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---americas/---ro-lima/---sro-port_of_spain/documents/publication/wcms_650116.pdf]
THE BREAKTHROUGH AGENDA REPORT Accelerating Sector Transitions Through Stronger International Collaboration
A 2022 report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that assesses "the status of the global transitions in five major greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors and make recommendations for strengthening international collaboration to drive urgent progress" (the report was prepared in collaboration with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions). [Originally posted at https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/49ae4839-90a9-4d88-92bc-371e2b24546a/THEBREAKTHROUGHAGENDAREPORT2022.pdf]
Initiating the Just Transition in Serbia: Leaving No One Behind in the Coal Intensive Regions and Communities in Serbia
A 2021 report which recommends, based on international guidelines and practices, that Serbia implements a roadmap for a 'just transition', composed of seven clusters of activities and that will culminate in the adoption, implementation and monitoring of a plan for a 'just transition' to a low carbon economy in Serbia. [Originally posted at https://www.klimatskepromene.rs/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/08-03-2021_Report-on-a-Roadmap-for-Just-Transition-for-Serbia.pdf]
Just Transition Issue Brief - Incorprating Just Transition into the Design and Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies
A 2022 report which sums up the five key areas in which scaled up support will be provided to promote a 'just transition' towards a climate-resilient and low carbon economy, building on the support under the Climate Promise. [Originally posted at https://www.undp.org/publications/issue-brief-just-transition]

Hot Reports

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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