Just Transition for All

Politics
A 2020 publication which presents an overview from INETTT concerning the status of climate and energy policy in each country where they work, set against the backdrop of the country’s current Nationally Defined Contribution (NDC) pledges under the Paris Agreement and the latest electricity and emissions data. [Originally posted at https://www.energiewende-global.com/fileadmin/user_upload/giz-website/Media_Library/Erneuerbare_Energien/The-Net-Zero-Energy-Transition_Agora.pdf]
A 2021 report which provides an insight into the global energy landscape and highlight opportunities and challenges in navigating the energy transition. [Originally posted at https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2021-twg_2-062321.pdf]
A 2022 study which aims to inform the discussion on clean energy transition pathways. [Originally posted at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/37618/IDU0c4a1d5c2054b004e670a7f3085330ecd829b.pdf?sequence=19]
A 2021 paper which establishes a conceptual linkage between “sustainable development”, “low‐carbon energy transitions” and “energy justice” and examines social priorities to address peoples' competing priorities associated with low‐carbon energy interventions. [Originally posted at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351327665_Low-carbon_energy_sustainable_development_and_justice_Towards_a_just_energy_transition_for_the_society_and_the_environment]
A 2021 essay which reviews three recent books on the changing landscape of global energy politics in the era of climate change. Key questions that the authors investigate include: how will the renewable energy transition reshape the global balance of power? How will political-economic interdependencies and geopolitical alignments shift? Will contemporary petro-states adapt or collapse? And what new patterns of peace and conflict may emerge in a decarbonized world order? [Originally posted at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/03043754211040698]
A 2021 editorial which highlights the importance of energy transition and brings transnational and comparative lenses to bear in this rapidly evolving context. [Originally posted at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/transnational-environmental-law/article/energy-transition-in-a-transnational-world/9F9D4229588B39C0E5916DFBE82EA046]
A 2011 briefing paper which aims to give clarity to the terminology “just transition” and related concepts like “growth”, “economic democracy” and “second generation rights” within the context of the current South African political economic model. [Originally posted at http://awsassets.wwf.org.za/downloads/just_transitions_paper_with_refs.pdf]
A 2020 report offers community groups, policy advocates, and policymakers a pathway to solutions that work for frontline communities and workers. [Originally posted at https://climatejusticealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ProtectRepairInvestTransformdoc22x.pdf]
This report clarifies the state of existing debates on Energy Democracy with the aim of opening up new questions and possibilities, while paving the way towards a clearer direction of travel. [Originally posted at https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/sonst_publikationen/strategies_of_energy_democracy_Angel_engl.pdf]
A 2020 article which asks how prevailing calls for energy transitions to post-carbon futures reflect the combined and uneven present, replicating the inequalities of late carbon capitalism by examining recent events in Cuba and Venezuela. [Originally posted at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342547160_Combined_and_uneven_energy_transitions_reactive_decarbonization_in_Cuba_and_Venezuela]
A 2021 bulletin which reflects on some aspects of this ‘green’ camouflage and aims to expose interests, actors and threats that are hidden underneath. [Originally posted at https://www.wrm.org.uy/sites/default/files/bulletin-pdfs/Boletin-256_ENG.pdf]
A 2020 paper which provides analysis of the current state of circular economy policies in Latin America and the Caribbean and identifies priority issues for governments, businesses, civil society and the research community. [Originally posted at https://www.unido.org/sites/default/files/files/2020-09/circular_economy_lac.pdf]
A 2021 paper which highlights the authors' collective vision of the just energy transition, as expressed and discussed by the participants of the 2020 Friends of the Earth International webinars, and based on the experiences and perspectives of women across the globe and their fierce feminist demands for a system change that will be inclusive and just for us all. [Originally posted at https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/If-its-not-feminist-its-not-just_FoEI.pdf]
A 2021 policy brief which argues that energy poverty and access must be brought boldly into the 'just transition' debate. It offers an overview of current understanding of what constitutes a just energy transition and what is meant by energy poverty and access by giving a snapshot of the European Union and Sub-Saharan Africa context. [Originally posted at https://startup-energy.org/wp-content/uploads/Policy_Brief_A_Just_Energy_Transition_to_facilitate_household_energy_access_and_alleviate_energy_poverty_July_2021.pdf]
A 2018 report which examines why and for what the advancement of renewables is a strategic matter from a left-wing viewpoint, so that we can evaluate accurately both the transition towards a different energy matrix and the consequent impacts and risks. [Originally posted at https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Extractivismo_INGLES_FINAL_IMPRENTA.pdf]
A 2022 study which proposes to measure energy transition vulnerability from the dimensions of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. [Originally posted at https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-1440213/v1_covered.pdf?c=1648480585]

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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