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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]
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]
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]
Who Is Included in a Just Transition? Considering Social Equity in Canada’s Shift to a Zero-Carbon Economy
A 2019 report which investigates whether the emerging policy consensus on 'just transition' is consistent with the principles of social justice and equity more broadly. [Originally posted at https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/39319]
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]
A Critical Exploration of Community Participation for Creating a Low Emission Development Strategy by the Just Transition Unit (JTU) Taranaki, New Zealand
A 2022 dissertation which focuses on Just Transition Management (JTM) theory and how this theory is adapted to the community participation process in Taranaki, and to compare JTM to the theory of Collaborative Planning (CP). [Originally posted at https://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/handle/10182/15577]
Lost in Transition: Bulgaria and the European Green Deal
A 2020 policy brief which analyses the main elements of the final version of the Bulgarian National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP) and proposes targeted policy measures on how to better implement it over the next decade. [Originally posted at https://csd.bg/publications/publication/policy-brief-no-92-lost-in-transition-bulgaria-and-the-european-green-deal/]
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]
Just Transition in Los Angeles: Ensuring Equity During Decarbonization
A 2021 report which presents the results of a quantitative and qualitative study that aims to define 'just transition' in Los Angeles and provide a strategic path forward. [Originally posted at https://www.oxy.edu/sites/default/files/assets/UEP/Comps/2021/2021_blumenfeld_bohen_jackson_serrano_wasson.pdf]
The Installer Skills Gap in the UK Heat Pump Sector and the Impacts on a Just Transition to Net-Zero
A 2022 report which found, through literature review and interviews with industry stakeholders, that the decision making environment around the skills gap is complex in the heat pump sector in the UK. [Originally posted at https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/79774/1/Branford_2022_Executive_summary_heat_pump_skills_gap_and_the_just_transition.pdf]
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]
The Role of Tripartite Social Dialogue in Facilitating a Just Transition: Experiences from Selected Countries
A 2022 working paper which analyses the role of tripartite social dialogue in supporting green workplaces and, more generally, promoting 'just transitions' at enterprise level. [Originally posted at https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/265593]

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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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