A 2021 report which analyzes the critical juncture Romania now faces for shaping its planning and investment decisions for the next decade, a decade that will be decisive for climate action. It outlines the various funding possibilities that could be operationalized to drive the renewable energy transition. [Originally posted at https://sandbag.be/wp-content/uploads/Sandbag-report-RE-in-Romania.pdf]

A 2018 report which features seven stories from coal communities around Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the challenges they face as they move away from coal and the solutions they find – sometimes even in spite of resistance from the central governments. [Originally posted at https://www.euki.de/en/euki-publications/heroes-of-just-transition/]

A 2022 article which proposes the energy justice framework can benefit from a radical reframing to expose broader structural injustices in the transitions towards a net-zero energy system. [Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1523908X.2021.1992266]

A 2021 paper which is an update of a 2017 publication written for the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Viet Nam on a Socially Just Energy Transition in Viet Nam. This energy transition must deliver a large part of Viet Nam’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation, provide access to clean energy for all, and create opportunities for decent jobs and micro-businesses for the rural poor, women and ethnic minorities. [Originally posted at https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/vietnam/18201-20210907.pdf]

A 2021 study which reveals continued growth in Asia’s coal sector even after the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015 due to financing by banks and investors operating in the region. [Originally posted at https://responsibank.id/media/497354/a-future-without-coal-banking-on-asias-just-energy-transition.pdf]

A 2020 article which provides an overview of the history and current status of 'just transitions'. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629620302437]

A 2022 article which investigates what role trade unionists in the oil sector play and can play, in a green and just transition. We analyse data from six focus group interviews with shop stewards in the petroleum industry. [Originally posted at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00221856211068500]

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]

A 2017 report which presents the outline of the thematic programme on inclusive and just energy transition under the Green Livelihoods Alliance programme (2017-2020). [Originally posted at https://aidstream.org/files/documents/A12_Just_Energy_Transition_Inception_Report-20170724040713.pdf]

A 2021 article which starts from the perspective that progress in saving the planet from destruction can only be achieved by taking seriously past and present injustices and taking measures to rectify them. [Originally posted at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajes.12390]

A 2022 report which compiles a collection of case studies from around that world that showcase programmes designed to address skills development of workforces for energy transitions. [Originally posted at https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/953c5393-2c5b-4746-bf8e-016332380221/Skillsdevelopmentandinclusivityforcleanenergytransitions.pdf]

A 2015 report which outlines the planning process for a 'just transition' away from coal to new industries and new jobs, where communities are supported to take control of their own future. [Originally posted at https://coalactionnetworkaotearoa.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/jac_2015_final-low-res2.pdf]

A 2021 paper which takes a closer look at 35 regions in Europe with coal industry, impacted most by the combination of expected coal sector job losses until 2030, and already existing unemployment levels (as identified in Alves Dias et al., 2018). [Originally posted at https://www.eceee.org/library/conference_proceedings/eceee_Summer_Studies/2021/4-monitoring-and-evaluation-for-a-wise-just-and-inclusive-transition/energy-poverty-and-skills-related-aspects-of-the-just-transition-of-european-coal-regions-overlaps-and-data-gaps/]

A 2021 research which focuses on the power sectors of Poland and South Africa, both strongly dependent on domestic coal, investigates the obstacles and the enablers to just energy transition paths in the two countries, and makes recommendations on how to improve those processes. [Originally posted at https://upcommons.upc.edu/bitstream/handle/2117/366075/sara-gonella-1567853-graduation-project3.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]

A 2021 paper which describes the nature of the transition and the associated costs and benefits; the nature of existing governance systems; and key debates arising around the way forward. [Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/images/Working_Paper_PCC_The_Just_Transition_in_coal_2021.pdf]

A 2021 dissertation which seeks to answer the question: what are the technical, policy, and perceptual pathways, barriers, and opportunities for just transition to 100% renewable electricity in the U.S., at a state and local levels? [Originally posted at https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2290&context=etdr]