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A 2021 report which sets out how the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) proposes to achieve 'just transition', including how
to invite stakeholders to participate in the development of indicators for assessing companies’ contributions to a 'just transition' through a multistakeholder process. It also includes synthesis of the November 2020 findings from WBA’s Climate and Energy Benchmark and Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assessments in the Automotive sector.
[Originally posted at https://assets.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/app/uploads/2021/02/Just-transition-Approach-Report-February-2021.pdf]
A 2020 report which discusses the uncertainties within the coal mining sector in India following the COVID 19 pandemic, highlighting the importance of a just transition for coal mining communities. It provides policy recommendations for new directions in public finance within and outside the energy sector to support job creation and industrial development against the backdrop of an increasingly uncertain coal value chain. [Originally posted at https://www.energyforum.in/fileadmin/user_upload/india/media_elements/publications/20200900_COVID19_Just_Transition/20201004_COVID-19_and_just_transition_in_India.pdf]
A 2020 report which analyses the question what the best solution is for limiting global warming to 1.5C on the one hand, and facilitating universal energy access on the other hand. Furthermore, it analyses the question what the role of public financial institutions like export credit agencies (ECAs) could be in terms of promoting a green energy future in Africa. [Originally posted at https://www.bothends.org/uploaded_files/document/A_Just_Energy_Transition_for_Africa_November_2020.pdf]
This 2021 brief from the Asian Development Bank examines the potential negative impacts of climate action in non-energy sectors including transport, waste, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, and tourism. It also underlines the social facet of climate action and highlights the need for policymakers to consider these potential impacts in the preparation and implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies.
[Originally posted at https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/746406/adb-brief-195-just-transition-beyond-energy-sector.pdf]
A 2020 report from the Danish Trade Union Confederation which outlines a climate proposal based on "a healthy and safe work
environment, worker participation, training and education, skills development and job security."
[Originally posted at https://fho.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200922-green-transition-compressed.pdf]
A 2021 article which discusses the currently neglected climate, coal, and gender triad and develops a conceptualization along the following aspects: common lines of arguments, shortcomings in predominant arguments, and the state-of-the-art regarding the climate–gender–coal triad.
[Originally posted at https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v14y2021i17p5457-d627448.html]
A 2021 paper which considers 'responsible disengagement' and 'just transition' in the context of the Cesar coal mining region in Colombia, in which serious and unremediated human rights violations are intertwined with dependency on mining as a livelihood for entire communities.
[Originally posted at https://www.somo.nl/responsible-disengagement-from-coal-as-part-of-a-just-transition/]
A 2017 report which examines the current status of the coal transition in Shanxi and proposes recommendations for how reform can be managed to ensure that economic, social and environmental factors are built into the process.
[Originally posted at https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/crossroads-balancing-financial-social-costs-coal-transition-china.pdf]
A 2020 report which wants to show that managed properly, climate action can be an agenda for change and social justice. The move towards a greener economy will lead to disruptions in some industries. Still, this transition is inevitable for a healthy environment and to avoid the dangers of climate change.
[Originally posted at https://publications.pes.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/just-transition.pdf]
A 2017 report which reviews the economic and political context of coal mining in South Wales, describing the origins of coal mining, its growth through the industrial revolution and into the inter-war period, its gradual but irreversible decline after the Second World War, and its eventual disappearance in the 1990s. It then examines the pronounced social and community consequences of mining and the closure of coal mines, drawing attention to the role of unionized labour and the role it played throughout the rise and fall of mining in Wales.
[Originally posted at https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/end-of-coal-mining-south-wales-lessons-learned.pdf]
A 2018 report which summarizes the main insights from Coal Transitions research project. It outlines the growing momentum behind coal transitions around the world and highlights key findings from case studies of six major coal-consuming countries, which explore how “below-2°C”-compatible transitions away from thermal coal could be implemented.
[Originally posted at https://coaltransitions.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/coal_synthesis_final.pdf]
A 2017 policy analysis brief which provides some context and history to the concept of 'just transition', elaborates on its key policies, and examines how it could be further incorporated into international climate change policy. It also aims at providing a stepping-stone for broader engagement by the climate community on this issue.
[Originally posted at https://stanleycenter.org/publications/pab/RosembergPABStrengtheningJustTransition417.pdf]
A 2020 report which discusses how energy transition to climate neutrality should take place in a just way for those communities that for decades have sacrificed their own quality of life in order to support the development of the European economy.
[Originally posted at https://thegreentank.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/202007_TheGreenTank_JustTransitionReport_EN.pdf]
A 2021 position statement which targets the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and is the outcome of consultative processes with Civil Society Organisations across Africa. The paper highlights the urgent need to advance a just transition to a more equitable and sustainable future for all African people by ending the finance of all new and proposed fossil fuel-based energy, large-scale mining and plantations and large-scale industrial/intensive livestock farming investments and developments. [Originally posted at https://citinewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AfDB_PositionPaper_English.pdf]
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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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