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International Labor Organization
Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all
A 2015 Guide from the International Labor Organization outlining early and basic principles for Just Transition. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/green-jobs/WCMS_824102/lang--en/index.htm]
The Role of Tripartite Social Dialogue in Facilitating a Just Transition: Experiences from Selected Countries
A 2022 report which analyzes the role of tripartite social dialogue in supporting green workplaces and, more generally, promoting just transitions at enterprise level. [Originally posted https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---inst/documents/publication/wcms_854518.pdf]
Climate Change and Labour: The Need for a "Just Transition"
A 2010 journal which analyzes the impact of climate change and mitigation policies on employment, identifies policies likely to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy and examines how trade unions organize around the issue of climate change and contribute therefore to the creation of a green economy. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_dialogue/@actrav/documents/publication/wcms_153352.pdf]
A Just Transition to Climate-Resilient Economies and Societies: Issues and Perspectives for the World of Work
A 2016 paper which addresses the negative impacts of climate change. It explores how climate-related policy, investment and consumption responses taken by countries, enterprises, workers and communities to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change can affect labour markets in their entirety with overall job gains. Finally, it concludes by stressing the need of accompanying social and economic policies to achieve a just transition for all that leaves no one behind and promotes decent work. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---gjp/documents/publication/wcms_536552.pdf]
A Just Transition for All: Can the Past Inform the Future?
A 2014 journal which is focused on drawing the lessons from a few transition experiences in order to analyze how successfully (or not) these processes were managed in the past and how future transitions might be handled in a just manner. The articles all address one or several of the elements highlighted by the International Labour Conference (ILC) conclusions as part of the 'just transition' framework, and provide a rationale and solid justification for the use of these policies in the transition towards sustainability. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---actrav/documents/publication/wcms_375223.pdf]
Just Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies for All
A 2018 policy brief which addresses the main challenges in how 'just transition' can work in practice and what trade unions and workers’ organizations can do. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---actrav/documents/publication/wcms_647648.pdf]
Just Transition A Report for the OECD
A 2017 report prepared for the Just Transition Centre, with contributions from ITUC, TUAC and ITUC affiliates. It was provided to the OECD in the context of the project “Growth, investment and the low carbon transition.” [Originally posted at https://www.oecd.org/environment/cc/g20-climate/collapsecontents/Just-Transition-Centre-report-just-transition.pdf]
Jobs in a Net-Zero Emissions Future in Latin America and the Caribbean
A 2020 report that identifies where jobs can be created in Latin America and the Caribbean while transitioning to net-zero emissions as a path to creating a better world for workers and enterprises while also tackling the climate crisis. [Originally posted at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---americas/---ro-lima/documents/publication/wcms_752069.pdf]

Hot Reports

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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