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Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities: Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production
A 2021 book which builds on an international workshop held between 25 and 27 June 2019 in Jena, Germany. The workshop was hosted by the Junior Research Group “Bioeconomy and Inequalities. Transnational Entanglements and Interdependencies in the Bioenergy Sector”, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). [Originally posted at https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/49529/9783030689445.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]
Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development
A 2021 editorial which explores different levels of analyses, as well as the methods to investigate the inherent complexities of potential renewable energy interventions as part of the energy transition—and especially how the levels of analyses can be integrated meaningfully, with the aim to inform more efficient decision and policy making. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/12/6920/htm]
Agricultural Labour Productivity and Planetary Boundaries: Designing Just Transition Pathways for the French Dairy Sector
A 2021 paper which discusses the implications of agricultural labour productivity evolutions in a food system that remain within planetary boundaries. [Originally posted at https://www.sfer.asso.fr/source/jrss2021/articles/C32_Gardin.pdf]
Building a Just Transition for a Resilient Future: A Climate Jobs Program for Rhode Island
A 2022 report which examines the climate crisis in Rhode Island and outlines a set of high-impact climate jobs recommendations designed to maximize the state's actions to do three things: 1) Create thousands of good-paying, high-quality jobs that help reverse inequality, 2) Drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and meet the state's Act on Climate targets, and 3) Invest in infrastructure that will make Rhode Island communities healthier, more resilient and more equitable. [Originally posted at https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/110931]
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels - How to Achieve a Just Transition?
A background paper which tries to take a comprehensive look at various aspects that are to be considered in relation to a fossil fuel phase-out to achieve more ambitious climate goals. [Originally posted at https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/rest/items/item_24651_3/component/file_24690/content]
Climate, Energy, Justice: The Policy Path to a Just Transition for an Energy-Hungry America
A 2020 paper, prepared by member faculty scholars of the Center for Progressive Reform, which provides policy recommendations for the US in energy usage to help protect the climate and provide equitable access. Sections focus on electricity, transportation, public lands, climate justice, and governance mechanisms. [Originally posted at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3766500]
Wind Energy and the Just Transition: Political and Socio-Economic Pinch Points in Wind Turbine Manufacturing and Windfarm Communities in Europe and South Africa
A 2022 report which develops five comparative case studies on wind turbine manufacturing and windfarm deployment in Denmark, Germany, England, Scotland and South Africa. [Originally posted at https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/wind-energy-and-the-just-transition-political-and-socio-economic-pinch-points-in-wind-turbine-manufacturing-and-windfarm-communities-in-europe-and-south-africa/]
Climate Change and Just Transition: What Will Workers Need?
A 2017 report which argues that the time has come to address the controversial realities that as a global community we are currently facing: climate change and global warming. [Originally posted at https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/39294]
From Coal to Low Carbon: Coal Region Development Opportunities Under EU Recovery Programmes
A 2021 report which discusses the transition from coal under EU recovery programmes. [Originally posted at https://www.ceps.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PI2021-06_From-coal-to-low-carbon.pdf]
Decarbonization and Just Transition Experiences of the V4 Countries
A publications which aims to shed a light on the necessary topdown approaches and strategic decisions on an EU or member-state level, but also on bottom-up initiatives on the local level stemming from municipal stakeholders or NGOs. [Originally posted at https://europeum.org/data/articles/empowering-serbian-csos-involved-in-the-decarbonization-process-through-the-v4-experience.pdf]
Chapter 4 - Decarbonisation in the Italian Energy Sector: The Role of Social Dialogue in Achieving a Just Transition
A 2019 chapter which focuses on the energy transition in Italy and the role of the social dialogue in the perspective of a 'just a transition'. The work focuses on the Enel case study. [Originally posted at https://www.etui.org/sites/default/files/Just%20transition%2004.pdf]
The Urge for Just Transition: Evidence from Understanding of Wood Fuel Producers’ Livelihoods and Vulnerability in the Drylands of Ethiopia
A 2022 research which aims to characterize the livelihoods of firewood and charcoal producers as well as identify sources of livelihoods' vulnerability in the dryland areas of Ethiopia. [Originally posted at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.966137/full]
Accelerating EV uptake: Policies to realise Australia’s electric vehicle potential
A 2022 report from the Australian Climateworks Centre exploring the steps to accelerate and support Australia’s transition to electric vehicles. [Originally posted at https://www.climateworkscentre.org/resource/accelerating-ev-uptake-policies-to-realise-australias-electric-vehicle-potential/]
Towards Just Transition of Coal Regions - Cultivation of Short Rotation Copies and Dedicated Energy Crops for Biomass Co-Firing vs Photo Voltaic Power Plants
A 2022 work which assesses possibilities and elaborates on the sustainability of cultivation of short rotation coppice type willow and dedicated energy crop Miscanthus on former areas of coalmines belonging to the largest power utility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely JP Elektroprivreda BiH d.d. – Sarajevo. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590174522000903]
Evaluating Renewable Energy Employment Impacts from Renewable Energy Policies
A 2022 study which evaluate the direct non-hydroelectric renewable energy employment impacts from eight types of renewable energy policies. [Originally posted at https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_olink/r/1501/10?clear=10&p10_accession_num=osu1668011402792045]
Women’s Leadership in Renewable Transformation, Energy Justice and Energy Democracy: Redistributing Power
A 2019 research which analyzes women’s leadership by focusing on how two women-led, non-profit organizations are advancing the renewable energy transition, operationalizing the concept of energy democracy and contributing to the energy justice movement. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629619300829]

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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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