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How Different Electricity Pricing Systems Affect the Energy Trilemma: Assessing Indonesia’s Electricity Market Transition
A 2021 paper which develops three generic models that allow policymakers to analyze the impact of introducing either a nodal, a zonal, or a uniform pricing system on the three horns of the energy trilemma in their country. [Originally posted at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3807059]
Challenges of Coal Mining Regions and Municipalities in the Face of Energy Transition
The energy transition currently taking place in the mining regions of the European Union poses many challenges that need to be addressed with a view to 2030 and 2050, of which the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is the key one. Initial results of the research project entitled “Models of a transition to a climate-neutral, circular economy for mining regions under transformation process”, which is developed in parallel with the transition of mining town Brzeszcze, are presented. The challenges, in the context of energy transition, for both the EU and local governments were identified on the basis of EU policies and the experience of the project team from the cooperation with the commune of Brzeszcze. A “research by design” method was used to develop model solutions. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/20/6674]
Equitably Ending the Fossil Fuel Era: Climate Justice, Capital, and the Carbon Budget
A 2019 dissertation which makes the moral case for equitably transitioning away from fossil fuels in line with keeping global warming as close as possible to the Paris Climate Agreement’s more stringent target of keeping global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. It argues that we should do so while relying as little as possible on risky and uncertain negative emissions and geoengineering technologies, as doing so might prolong the fossil fuel era and pose grave potential costs both to the present and future generations. [Originally posted at https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/43733]
The Impact of the New EU Emissions Trading System on Households: How Can the Social Climate Fund Support a Just Transition?
A 2022 paper which first describes how the EU is planning to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from road transport and buildings. Secondly, it discusses which groups in society are likely to be affected the most by the measures envisioned, building on the example of Sweden. It then discusses whether price signals alone drive a reduction in greenhouse gas footprints and how the proposed Social Climate Fund can contribute to a just transition for households across the EU. The conclusion presents policy recommendations. [Originally posted at https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sei-report-eu-ets-strambo-june-2022-2.pdf]
The Political Economy of Energy in Central and Eastern Europe: Supporting the Net Zero Transition
A 2020 report which reviews the phase out of coal process for countries in Europe. [Originally posted at https://www.euki.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/E3G_2020_Comparative_Analysis_CEE.pdf]
Land Use and Agriculture: Pitfalls and Precautions on the Road to Net Zero
A 2020 report which highlights the importance of governance, finance, skills, research and technology, and society in this transition by using the UK as an example. [Originally posted at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2020.00004/full]
Measuring the Socio‑Economic Footprint of the Energy Transition
A 2019 socioeconomic footprint analysis, which is based on the IRENA REmap energy transition roadmap 2018, explores a higher deployment of low-carbon technologies, mostly renewable energy and energy efficiency. [Originally posted at https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s41825-019-00018-6.pdf?pdf=button]
The Political Economy of Coal in Poland: Drivers and Barriers for a Shift Away from Fossil Fuels
A 2020 paper which identifies key political and economic drivers and barriers of a reduction in coal production and consumption in Poland using the Triple Embeddedness Framework. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421520303578]
Employment in the Energy Sector
A 2020 report which provides an overview of recent employment trends at the global and EU-28 level related to the greening and decarbonisation of the economy, with a focus on the energy sector. [Originally posted at https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/343467849.pdf]
Energy Transition and the Future of Lignite Mining in the Region of Western Macedonia, Greece
A 2021 report which focuses on the advantages of coal co-combustion with other solid fuels in small-scale decentralized units and, at the same time, points out the need to develop different land uses in the reclaimed coal mining areas, which satisfy a series of socio-economic and environmental objectives associated with the just transition to a new, sustainable, productive model. [Originally posted at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christos-Roumpos-2/publication/355486804_ENERGY_TRANSITION_AND_THE_FUTURE_OF_LIGNITE_MINING_IN_THE_REGION_OF_WESTERN_MACEDONIA_GREECE/links/61756f3ceef53e51e1df7179/ENERGY-TRANSITION-AND-THE-FUTURE-OF-LIGNITE-MINING-IN-THE-REGION-OF-WESTERN-MACEDONIA-GREECE.pdf]
Climate Policy Accelerates Structural Changes in Energy Employment
A 2021 work which adapts a methodology based on employment factors to project future changes in quantity and composition of direct energy supply jobs for two scenarios - (1) relatively weak emissions reductions as pledged in the nationally determined contributions (NDC) and (2) stringent reductions compatible with the 1.5 °C target. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421521005073]
Challenges and Opportunities of Coal Phase-Out in Western Macedonia
A 2021 research work which reflects the current situation at the socio-economic and socio-political level in Western Macedonia and discusses the policies implemented in the context of the lignite phase-out process to ensure a just transition for households and businesses of the region. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/9/7/115]
A Literature Review on Coal Gasification as Part Transition in SA Thermal Coal Power Generation
A 2020 paper which explores the theory and global practices of coal gasification, reviews the recent research efforts on advances in the processes and questions if the approach could be a partial contribution towards a just transition in South Africa’s bulk power generation. [Originally posted at http://ieomsociety.org/harare2020/papers/114.pdf]
Towards a CO2-Neutral Steel Industry: Justice Aspects of CO2 Capture and Storage, Biomass- and Green Hydrogen-Based Emission Reductions
A 2022 paper which assesses the justice implications of three options that reduce emissions: CO2 capture and storage (CCS) on steel (up to 70%), bio-based steelmaking (up to 50%), and green hydrogen-based steel production (up to 100%). [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629622001025]
Regional Sustainability Transition Through Forest-Based Bioeconomy? Development Actors’ Perspectives on Related Policies, Power, and Justice
A 2020 study which explores how the forest bioeconomy discourses are downscaled in the development of the forest peripheries in East and North Finland. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934122000879]
Energy Justice, Just Transitions, and Renewable Energy Policies: Examining Energy Transitions in the State of Vermont
A 2020 thesis which analyzes Vermont as considered a leader in renewable energy transitions using energy justice or 'just transition' principles. [Originally posted at https://www.proquest.com/openview/72b7d3d2dcd3eff928e5b0a9908081fa/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y]

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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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