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World Energy Transitions Outlook
A 2021 report which outlines a pathway for the world to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and halt the pace of climate change by transforming the global energy landscape. [Originally posted https://irena.org/publications/2021/Jun/World-Energy-Transitions-Outlook]
South Africa - Country, Climate and Development Report
A 2022 report which highlights key policies and investments needed to achieve South Africa’s climate goals through a “triple transition” that is low-carbon, climate-resilient and just. [Originally posted at https://reliefweb.int/report/south-africa/south-africa-country-climate-and-development-report-october-2022]
Women and the Net Zero Economy: A Briefing on Changes in Garment, Agriculture and Energy Supply Chains
A 2021 document which aims to help the UK government ahead of COP26 in its thinking around how to better understand the differential effects of climate change and identify opportunities for the transition to a net-zero economy to deliver decent job opportunities for women. [Originally posted at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/980198/Guidance3-Women--Net-Zero-Economy-Briefing1.pdf]
The Energy Transition and Climate Change Resilience: ESPON Evidence
A 2021 ESPON topic paper which summarizes the evidence gathered from recent ESPON studies. It also discusses the consequences of sustainability and climate change in relation to urbanization processes and risks of territorial disparities due to climate policy driving the restructuring of European regions and cities. [Originally posted at https://www.espon.eu/sites/default/files/attachments/Topic%20paper%20%235%20-%20The%20energy%20transition%20and%20climate%20change%20resilience%20-%20ESPON%20evidence.pdf]
Renewable Energy, Employment Opportunities and Skill Requirements: Socio-Economic Assessment Tools, Key Findings and Expert Contacts
A 2021 factsheet series, which seeks to present the state of the art in assessing employment co-benefits, interconnecting climate friendly power planning and sustainable job creation. This joint factsheet edition connects policymakers in local and national government agencies with expert organisations and contact persons, to quantify specific employment co-benefits, assess policy options and unlock potentials for people and communities. [Originally posted at https://www.cobenefits.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Co-Benefits-Factsheets_Employment_2021-2022.pdf]
The Energy-Extractives Nexus and the Just Transition
A 2021 report which interrogates the idea of a 'just transition' and place it within its historical context. It addresses a major contradiction at the core of global energy transition debates: the rapid shift to low-carbon energy-systems will require increased extraction of minerals and metals. In doing so, the authors argue that extractive industries are energy and carbon-intensive, and will enlarge and intensify social and ecological injustice. [Originally posted at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sd.2163]
Prospects for a “Just Transition” Away from Coal-Fired Power Generation in Australia: Learning from the Closure of the Hazelwood Power Station
A 2017 study which argues that Australia’s political and economic institutions help to explain the autonomous decision of Engie to close the plant, the short notice period, and the lack of pre-closure government transition policy. [Originally posted at https://ccep.crawford.anu.edu.au/files/uploads/ccep_crawford_anu_edu_au/2017-11/wiseman_campbell_green_prospects_for_a_just_transition_away_from_coal-fired_power_generation_in_australia_ccep_wp1708.pdf]
Towards a Just Transition: A Review of Local and International Policy Debates
A 2021 review which has been commissioned by South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) as an input to the process of planning for a just transition. Specifically, this review forms part of a series of papers that will provide an evidence-based foundation for a new Framework for a Just Transition – a practical guide to ensure that South Africa’s transition to a low-emissions economy is well managed, just, and equitable. The Framework will also build on existing just transition debates in the country, the vision set out by the National Planning Commission, and a new series of thematic and social-partner consultations that will gather a diverse range of views on what it means to achieve a 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://www.tips.org.za/images/PCC_Report_Towards_a_Just_Transition_Technical_Report_No_1_A_review_of_local_and_international_policy_debate.pdf]
Just Transition for Regions and Generations: Experiences from Structural Change in the Ruhr Area
A 2019 study which reviews Germany’s experiences with structural policy focusing on the Ruhr area (but also experiences from other regions) and identifies the structural policy developments and their positive and negative impacts in regards to energy transition. [Originally posted at https://regionsbeyondcoal.eu/just-transition-for-regions-and-generations/]
Stakeholders in the Just Transition: Consumers
A 2021 paper which is the second of the “Stakeholders in the Just Transition” series, highlights the need for financial institutions to integrate consumer concerns as part of their 'just transition' strategies. [Originally posted at https://financefortomorrow.com/app/uploads/2021/06/F4T_Stakeholders-in-the-Just-Transition-2_Consumers.pdf]
Social and Labour Aspects of the Just Transition Towards Climate Neutrality
A 2022 position paper which sets out its inputs in response to the European Commission’s consultation with regard to certain reflection areas and aims to assess the actual proposal published in December 2021 by emphasising the positive elements and the remaining grey areas or negative elements. [Originally posted at https://www.eapn.eu/social-and-labour-aspects-of-the-just-transition-towards-climate-neutrality-eapn-position-paper/]
Implementing Just Transition After COP24
A 2019 policy brief which has been produced as an outcome of the “Just Transition for All” event, hosted by Climate Strategies, International Labour Organisation and the COP24 Presidency on Monday the 3rd of December 2018 at the UNFCCC COP24 meeting in Katowice, Poland. The brief is addressed predominantly to Parties implementing the Paris Agreement with the aim of strengthening their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). It provides both evidence and operational considerations of how to use the 'just transition' concept for this purpose. [Originally posted at https://climatestrategies.org/publication/jt-after-cop24/]
Measuring the Socio-Economics of Transition: Focus on Jobs
A 2020 report which provides regular assessments of overall employment generation along the renewable energy value chain. [Originally posted at https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2020/Feb/IRENA_Transition_jobs_2020.pdf]
A Just Transition: Why Transitioning Workers into a New Clean Energy Economy Should Be at the Center of Climate Change Policies
A 2017 article which argues that state level climate actions must consider the economic consequences of climate policy. [Originally posted at https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/elr/vol29/iss2/4/]
Just Transitions on the Ground: Ecological Civilisation in Urban China?
A 2022 project report which aims to to examine the strategy of ecological civilisation in China and whether, how, and to what extent it is designed and pursued in practice as a form of 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/just-transitions-on-the-ground-ecological-civilisation-in-urban-china/]
Asia-Pacific ClimateScapes
A 2022 report which aims to provide background context to decarbonisation strategies across the Asia-Pacific region. [Originally posted at https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/asia-pacific-climatescapes/]

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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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