Just Transition for All

Politics
A 2020 publication which proposes a participative decision-making model, The People’s Transition, that views climate action as an enabler of local development, gives people and communities ownership of the transition to zero carbon societies and enhances public support for a 'just transition' by tackling inequality and raising standards of living through the delivery of climate solutions. [Originally posted at https://feps-europe.eu/wp-content/uploads/downloads/publications/feps-tasc%20the%20peoples%20transition%20-%202020.pdf]
A 2022 report in which Professor Nick Robins analyzes the growing influence of 'just transition' on climate policy across civil society, business and finance and outlines its emergence as key factor shaping how Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) global forecasts play out on carbon pricing, clean energy, fossil fuel phase down, EVs, agriculture and land use. [Originally posted at https://www.unpri.org/inevitable-policy-response/the-just-transition-shaping-the-delivery-of-the-inevitable-policy-response/9856.article]
A 2022 article which highlights that sustainable investing is complex and that priorities can shift on changes in consumers, policy and innovation. [Originally posted at https://prod.schroders.com/en/sysglobalassets/digital/insights/pdfs/schroders-starting-ground-just-transition.pdf]
A 2019 pilot project which aims to identify how banking can support a 'just transition' towards a net-zero-carbon economy and society across the regions of the UK. [Originally posted at https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Banking-the-just-transition-in-the-UK-2.pdf]
A 2021 research which provides a review of the expected changes in employment in Austrian and German automotive industry. [Originally posted at https://ideas.repec.org/p/clr/mwugar/213.html]
A 2022 report which explores some potential futures for the automotive sector, looking at 4 different scenario. [Originally posted at https://www.fnh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/synthese_automobile-en.pdf]
A 2010 study which discusses the impact of climate change and mitigation policies on employment, identifies policies likely to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy, and examine how trade unions organize around the issue of climate change. [Originally posted at https://labordoc.ilo.org/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=41ILO_INST%3A41ILO_V2&docid=alma994636883402676&context=L]
A 2021 study firstly analyzes the materiality of the Austrian automotive industry and secondly links these structural features to meaning-making and the articulation of crisis construals and imaginaries by workers and their representatives. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629621002735]
A 2022 conference proceedings which reflect the views of the stakeholders (policymakers, industry leaders, academia, and researchers) on the impact of the ongoing electric vehicle transition on the workforce of the automotive and transport industries and ways to ensure a 'just transition'. The proceedings also highlight some of the recommendations shared by the stakeholders on minimizing the adverse impacts of the transition and the need for skill development initiatives, at the national and state levels, to optimize employment opportunities and reduce skill shortages during the electric vehicle transition. [Originally posted at https://www.wri.org/research/just-transition-and-skill-development-electric-vehicle-industry]
A 2022 report which report presents the key findings and policy recommendations of a study examining the issues pertaining to a ‘just transition’ to zero/low-carbon vehicles for the automotive sector, drawing on case study research from the West Midlands region in the UK, and the North Adelaide area of South Australia. [Originally posted at https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/enabling-a-just-transition-in-automotive-evidence-from-the-west-midlands-and-south-australia/]
A 2021 paper which presents a systematic map of the literature that examines the impact of historical coal phase-out processes on women and their role in these processes. [Originally posted at https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/18/5985]
A 2020 study which assesses home-heating energy-poverty risk across 18,641 Small Area clusters in Ireland. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421520305127]
A 2021 report which proposes three policy options to uplift communities that is suffering from financial downfall during the energy transition shift by providing subsidies to renewable energy companies that expand operations in former coal communities, reclaim the land, and provide job retraining. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg180202.html]
A 2018 report on the Just Transition Fund which is on a mission to create economic opportunity for the frontline communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from coal. [Originally posted at https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fda3b73811ec6ecfc5dbfcb/5fda3b73811ec62ddc5dc03b_jtf-MovementGrantmaking-report-2018-Final.pdf]
A 2020 study which proposes a recovery program for Ohio that is capable of exerting an effective counterforce against the state’s economic collapse in the short run while also building a durable foundation for an economically viable and ecologically sustainable longer-term recovery. [Originally posted at https://peri.umass.edu/images/OhioGreenGrowth_101920_FINAL_230.pdf]
A 2022 policy brief by Act Church of Sweden, Olof Palme International Center, Social Policy Initiative and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. [Originally posted at https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/filer/56ba8cbf-54b0-48dc-ba41-f1e1b396151e.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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