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Proposals for an Environmental and Social Just Transition for the Post-Lignite Era in Western Macedonia, Greece
A 2021 paper which formulates a set of coherent and realistic proposals for the after delignification period in Western Macedonia. The aim of these proposals is to avoid the economic decline and poverty of the region. [Originally posted at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/899/1/012049/pdf]
Just Transition Development Plan of Lignite Areas
A 2020 text, which is the main body and the basic specifications of the master 'just transition' plan for Western Macedonia and Megalopolis. [Originally posted at https://www.sdam.gr/sites/default/files/consultation/Master_Plan_Public_Consultation_ENG.pdf]
Locked Out of a Just Transition: Fossil Fuel Financing in Africa
A 2022 report which shows the scale of financial support provided by commercial banks, development finance institutions and Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) that flowed to the fossil fuel industry in West, Central, East and Southern Africa in the period between 2016, the year in which the Paris Agreement entered into force, and the end of June 2021. In addition, it highlights the private and public-sector financial institutions most responsible for these flows. [Originally posted at https://priceofoil.org/2022/03/03/fossil-fuel-financing-in-africa/]
The New German Coal Laws: A Difficult Balancing Act
A 2021 article which outlines the development, content, and legal context of the German coal exit and structural-support laws. It also looks at the influence of various interest groups on the elaboration of these laws, and at their responses to the final outcome. An analysis of equity and climate-justice considerations in the coal exit and structural-support laws is also undertaken. [Originally posted at https://brill.com/view/journals/clla/11/2/article-p176_176.xml?language=en]
Defining and Framing Just Transition for India
A 2021 paper which offers a definition of 'just transition' for India and outlines the components of its policy framing. [Originally posted at https://iforest.global/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Working-paper-1.pdf]
Benchmarks for Assisting Coal Workers in a Just-Transition
A 2021 factsheet which presents three benchmarks based on existing cases to inform the development of national or regional assistance schemes for coal miners across the EU. [Originally posted at https://9tj4025ol53byww26jdkao0x-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/E3G_2021_Benchmarks-for-Assisting-Coal-Workers-in-a-Just-Transition.pdf]
Lessons for a Successful Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
A 2018 report which explores how transitions can be better planned for, managed and delivered. It develops a typology of the interventions that can be combined to enable a successful transition. These can be applied across any sector or country. [Originally posted at https://agulhas.co.uk/app/uploads/2018/06/CIFF-Transition-Review.pdf]
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. [Originally posted at https://regionsbeyondcoal.eu/just-transition-for-regions-and-generations/]
A Roadmap to an Equitable Low-Carbon Future: Four Pillars for a Just Transition
A 2019 report which suggests that for a transition to a low-carbon future to be just, we must address the burdens placed upon environmental justice communities who have borne disproportionate environmental, social, and economic burdens of the fossil fuel economy. [Originally posted at https://dornsife.usc.edu/pere/roadmap-equitable-low-carbon-future/]
Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland
A 2020 report, which runs an analysis of transitions away from fossil-fuel-based regional employment in Australia’s Latrobe Valley, Scotland’s Just Transition Commission and Germany’s Ruhr Valley and Lausitz/Lusatia, finds that an inclusive, iterative, place-based, context-specific approach enabled by public investment provides the best outcomes, including the creation of low-carbon employment alternatives. [Originally posted http://files.nesc.ie/nesc_research_series/Research_Series_Paper_15_TTCaseStudies.pdf]
Structural Change in Coal Regions as a Process of Economic and Social-Ecological Transition – Lessons Learnt from Structural Change Processes in Germany
A 2021 paper which draws on the experiences of past and ongoing transition policies, exploring their effectiveness and transferability. [Originally posted at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/1410/publikationen/2022-01-04_cc_33-2021_lessons_learnt_from_structural_change_processes.pdf]
Seven Golden Rules for Open and Inclusive Just Transition Planning at the Regional Level
A 2019 brief report which outlines seven rules to establish guidance for regional and national authorities developing strategies for, and implementing the 'just transition' at regional level. [Originally posted at https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/seven_golden_rules_1.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]
Addressing Climate Goals and the SDGs Through a Just energy Transition? Empirical Evidence from Germany and South Africa
A 2022 report which [Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1943815X.2022.2108459]
How (Not) to Phase-Out Coal: Lessons from Germany for Just and Timely Coal Exits
A 2020 report which presents nine lessons from the German experience so they can therefore serve as benchmarks for just and timely coal phaseout processes elsewhere. [Originally posted at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep28821.pdf]
Balancing Cost and Justice Concerns in the Energy Transition: Comparing Coal Phase Out Policies in Germany and the UK
A 2022 report which compares and explains how political and economic institutional differences influenced efforts to balance energy transition concerns, like speed and cost-effectiveness with justice for companies, workers and communities most adversely affected by the transition. [Originally posted at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14693062.2022.2052788?journalCode=tcpo20]

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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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