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South Africa - Country, Climate and Development Report
A 2022 report which highlights key policies and investments needed to achieve South Africa’s climate goals through a “triple transition” that is low-carbon, climate-resilient and just. [Originally posted at https://reliefweb.int/report/south-africa/south-africa-country-climate-and-development-report-october-2022]
Energy Transitions in Coal Regions: Is a Just Transition in US Appalachia Possible
A 2020 study which aims to assess factors that contribute to more successful community adaption after coal transition. [Originally posted at https://aede.osu.edu/about-us/publications/energy-transitions-coal-regions-just-transition-us-appalachia-possible]
The Energy Transition and Climate Change Resilience: ESPON Evidence
A 2021 ESPON topic paper which summarizes the evidence gathered from recent ESPON studies. It also discusses the consequences of sustainability and climate change in relation to urbanization processes and risks of territorial disparities due to climate policy driving the restructuring of European regions and cities. [Originally posted at https://www.espon.eu/sites/default/files/attachments/Topic%20paper%20%235%20-%20The%20energy%20transition%20and%20climate%20change%20resilience%20-%20ESPON%20evidence.pdf]
‘Just Transition’? Conceptual Challenges Meet Stark Reality in a ‘Transitioning’ Coal Region in Australia
A 2018 paper which examines the ‘theory’ and practice of ‘just transition’ by first considering the competing interpretations and conceptual understandings of it and second, the challenges of realizing a ‘just transition’ in an Australian coal region where transition is occurring. The paper argues that achieving ‘just transition’ requires more than government provisions and interventions and that unions must perform an active part in the process through their relations with employers, workers, government, and community. It suggests the lack of clarity within the ‘just transition’ literature may be the concept’s lasting strength. [Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2018.1454679]
Renewable Energy, Employment Opportunities and Skill Requirements: Socio-Economic Assessment Tools, Key Findings and Expert Contacts
A 2021 factsheet series, which seeks to present the state of the art in assessing employment co-benefits, interconnecting climate friendly power planning and sustainable job creation. This joint factsheet edition connects policymakers in local and national government agencies with expert organisations and contact persons, to quantify specific employment co-benefits, assess policy options and unlock potentials for people and communities. [Originally posted at https://www.cobenefits.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Co-Benefits-Factsheets_Employment_2021-2022.pdf]
The Energy-Extractives Nexus and the Just Transition
A 2021 report which interrogates the idea of a 'just transition' and place it within its historical context. It addresses a major contradiction at the core of global energy transition debates: the rapid shift to low-carbon energy-systems will require increased extraction of minerals and metals. In doing so, the authors argue that extractive industries are energy and carbon-intensive, and will enlarge and intensify social and ecological injustice. [Originally posted at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sd.2163]
Prospects for a “Just Transition” Away from Coal-Fired Power Generation in Australia: Learning from the Closure of the Hazelwood Power Station
A 2017 study which argues that Australia’s political and economic institutions help to explain the autonomous decision of Engie to close the plant, the short notice period, and the lack of pre-closure government transition policy. [Originally posted at https://ccep.crawford.anu.edu.au/files/uploads/ccep_crawford_anu_edu_au/2017-11/wiseman_campbell_green_prospects_for_a_just_transition_away_from_coal-fired_power_generation_in_australia_ccep_wp1708.pdf]
Just Transition: Employment Projections for the 2.0 °C and 1.5 °C Scenarios
A 2019 book chapter which provides the input data for two different employment development calculation methods: The quantitative analysis, which looks into the overall number of jobs in renewable and fossil fuel industries and the occupational analysis which looks into specific job categories required for the solar and wind sector as well as the oil, gas, and coal industry. Results are given with various figures and tables. [Originally posted at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-05843-2_10]
POWER for Transition: Inverstment in Coal Communities Through the Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative
A 2022 report which offers a retrospective analysis of the Obama administration's POWER Initiative to help energy-dependent communities in transition. [Originally posted at https://www.rff.org/publications/reports/power-for-transition-investment-in-coal-communities-through-the-partnerships-for-opportunity-and-workforce-and-economic-revitalization-power-initiative/]
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 in regards to energy transition. [Originally posted at https://regionsbeyondcoal.eu/just-transition-for-regions-and-generations/]
License to Heat: A Just Transition to Post-Oil Heating of Detached Houses in Finland
A 2021 project report in which the team worked on the 'just transition' to post-oil heating project for 12 weeks. The team went through the course design process, starting with a research phase, identifying the different needs of the stakeholders involved and mapping the systems to gain a deeper insight into the problem context, and then finding solutions, from a user perspective, with behavioural concerns. [Originally posted at https://dfg-course.aalto.fi/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/License-to-Heat-Final-Report-1.pdf]
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 ]
The Relevance of Human Rights Law to Just Transitions A Legal Perspective on Ireland’s Climate-Driven ‘Just Transition’ Process
A 2020 report which argues that in order to ensure that the departure from peat is fair and just for all of Ireland’s society, increased efforts should be taken to make contact with workers to determine their needs on an individual basis. [Originally posted at https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Poverty/JustTransition/Individuals/IndividualClareProfous.pdf]
Building Capacities and Strategies of Trade Union Involvement in Shaping a Just Transition Towards a Sustainable and Decarbonised Industry
A 2022 report which focuses on decarbonisation initiatives involving trade unions in the following four industrial sectors in Europe: automotive, energy, extractive and energy-intensive. [Originally posted at https://news.industriall-europe.eu/documents/upload/2022/5/637878700440463393_IVA_GeneralReport_TUandDecarbonisation_Final.pdf]
A Just Transition: Why Transitioning Workers into a New Clean Energy Economy Should Be at the Center of Climate Change Policies
A 2017 article which argues that state level climate actions must consider the economic consequences of climate policy. [Originally posted at https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/elr/vol29/iss2/4/]
Offshore Wind Policy Directions Paper
A March 2022 paper outlining the Australian Victoria State Government policy on the policy for offshore wind development. [Originally posted at https://www.energy.vic.gov.au/renewable-energy/a-clean-energy-future/offshore-wind-energy]

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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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