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 paper which goes into detail about the various ways in which Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (FFSR) can be consistent with 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-and-just-transition-integrating-approaches]

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 2022 paper which presents a 'just transition' framework that includes three policy transition areas and the policy strategies, tools, and stakeholders that support them. [Originally posted at https://cgs.umd.edu/research-impact/publications/just-transitions-coal-industry-building-framework-international-best]

A 2022 book which clarifies what factors are determining the energy transition that is taking place in the East Asian region, how it is likely to develop while influencing each other, how it should develop, and what type of specific institutional design is required to achieve it. [Originally posted at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-0280-2_4]

A 2022 report which sets out a proposed disclosure framework for companies to disclose their recognition of and commitments to addressing a 'just transition', including around their strategies, actions and policy advocacy. [Originally posted at https://www.unpri.org/china-policy/investing-for-a-just-transition-proposals-for-a-just-transition-disclosure-framework-in-china/10310.article]

A 2021 paper which compares different 'just transition' pathways in China, the European Union and the United States of America by comparing the current state of the coal sector and 'just transition' policies away from coal. [Originally posted at https://ideas.repec.org/p/fem/femwpa/2021.36.html]

A 2018 report which explores pathways, implications and policy options for going beyond China’s existing cap on coal use. [Originally posted at https://www.iddri.org/en/publications-and-events/report/coal-transition-china]

A 2018 study which provides a starting point for further analysis and aims at providing policymakers, academics and civil society with useful information on the status of the development of a low-carbon energy system in China. [Originally posted at https://asia.fes.de/news/achieving-a-socially-equitable-energy-transition-in-china]

A 2018 paper which elaborates the progress of the studies and negotiations on a 'just transition' of the workforce and the creation of decent and quality jobs, in the context of implementing response measures under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). [Originally posted at https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S2345748118500240]

A 2018 guide for unions to a 'just transition' to a low carbon economy. [Originally posted at https://www.etuc.org/sites/default/files/publication/file/2018-09/Final%20FUPA%20Guide_EN.pdf]

A 2018 policy brief which examines implications of the EU’s targets for reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for labour markets. It argues that, given the enormous challenges, an equitable transition to a zero-carbon economy should be given higher priority and a clear allotment of EU financial resources. [Originally posted at https://www.etui.org/publications/policy-briefs/european-economic-employment-and-social-policy/from-paris-to-katowice-the-eu-needs-to-step-up-its-game-on-climate-change-and-set-its-own-just-transition-framework]

A 2022 policy brief which outlines some of the main challenges that climate change poses to the economies and labour markets of Latin American countries. It also explores how the EU, as a global actor, can cooperate to strengthen the 'just transition' agenda in Latin America. [Originally posted at https://www.etui.org/publications/just-transition-global-south]

A 2022 paper which assesses how well national recovery and resilience plans (NRRPs) aim at jointly tackling the social and climate/environmental challenges of recovery from the crisis and the transition to a net zero carbon socioeconomic model. [Originally posted at https://www.etui.org/publications/balancing-objectives-just-transition-national-recovery-and-resilience-plans]

A 2022 policy brief which sets out the main issues in the social and labour sphere that arise from the transition to net-zero. It argues that the patchy efforts at EU level to ensure that the transition is ‘just’ or ‘fair’ to date are not up to the huge task of addressing the social challenges ahead on the way to achieving a net-zero carbon economy. [Originally posted at https://www.etui.org/publications/why-eus-patchy-just-transition-framework-not-meeting-its-climate-ambitions]