A 2022 policy brief which analyzes the direct effects and implications of the war in Ukraine on energy security, industrial supply chains, food security and environmental protection in the EU and in developing countries. [Originally posted at https://ettg.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-European-Green-Deal-and-the-war-in-Ukraine.pdf]

A 2019 research which aims to provide recommendations for the Ukrainian authorities, both national and regional, on how to manage the closure of coal mines with a sound economic perspective and minimal negative social consequences on the basis of the analysis of positive and negative experiences of coal mines’ closure in Ukraine and select EU countries (Germany, Romania and the Czech Republic). [Originally posted at https://www.germanwatch.org/sites/default/files/Study_Transformation_Experiences_Coal_Regions_EN.pdf]

A 2022 report which calls for urgent action by both private and public sectors to ensure a resilient energy transition to address the challenges to environmental sustainability, energy security and energy justice and affordability. [Originally posted at https://www.weforum.org/reports/fostering-effective-energy-transition-2022/in-full/1-the-energy-transition-under-pressure/]

A 2022 policy brief which presents research-based insights from Tajikistan with a particular emphasis on issues surrounding a just energy transition. [Originally posted at https://pulte.nd.edu/assets/488319/report_mubvuma.pdf]

A 2021 paper which provides a summary of how a proposed Just Transition Transaction (JTT) could be put together. [Originally posted at https://meridianeconomics.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-28_What-is-the-JTT_Final-Report.pdf]

A 2020 report which identifies six priority research areas and provides a brief overview of the current context in each research area. In addition, the report puts forward some ideas for a suitable scientific approach that the envisioned research program may employ. [Originally posted at https://www.mistra.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mistra_bp_-energy_transitions-2020.pdf]

A 2022 article which explores what steps are being taken in Sweden to incorporate groups in planning and technology access, and to what extent this is supported by a range of entities, from the Swedish Energy Agency to grassroots organizations, with a particular focus on social, gender and migrant perspectives. [Originally posted at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629622002316]

A 2019 report which gives recommendations to make the European coal regions’ transition a success. [Originally posted at https://institutdelors.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/190521-Coal-regions-2.pdf]

A 2020 paper which provides a review of the resource adequacy outlook in Spain and suggests measures that the country can adopt to achieve the desired levels of reliability at least cost while increasing the levels of renewables in its system. [Originally posted at https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/rap-kolokathis-spain-power-system-transformation-july-2020.pdf]

A 2021 paper which argues that while challenges resulting from the coal transition should not be minimized, the sound management of job displacements can contribute to mitigating the social consequences, strengthen morale and productivity, and improve the efficiency of structural change. [Originally posted at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/35617/The-Coal-Transition-Mitigating-Social-and-Labor-Impacts.pdf?sequence=1]

A 2022 briefing which aims to raise the awareness of municipalities of the European policy developments that can assist their engagement with EU climate policy to ensure a truly 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf___mayors_brief__eng___final.pdf]

A 2021 report which analyzes the critical juncture Romania now faces for shaping its planning and investment decisions for the next decade, a decade that will be decisive for climate action. It outlines the various funding possibilities that could be operationalized to drive the renewable energy transition. [Originally posted at https://sandbag.be/wp-content/uploads/Sandbag-report-RE-in-Romania.pdf]

A 2020 paper which proposes a list of key issues that need be tackled as part of Romania’s post COVID-19 recovery strategy, structured in ten overarching energy and climate-related priorities. [Originally posted at https://europeanclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/epg-green-recovery-policy-brief-24-nov-1.pdf]

A 2022 review which highlights and explores the literature on the just energy transition in South Africa. [Originally posted at https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/20.500.12413/17598/1134_Resources_on_the_just_energy_transition_in_South_Africa.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]

A 2021 paper which is an update of a 2017 publication written for the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Viet Nam on a Socially Just Energy Transition in Viet Nam. This energy transition must deliver a large part of Viet Nam’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation, provide access to clean energy for all, and create opportunities for decent jobs and micro-businesses for the rural poor, women and ethnic minorities. [Originally posted at https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/vietnam/18201-20210907.pdf]

A 2021 report which summarizes the results from a desk review of peer reviewed literature on the subject of European participatory research in Europe into public perceptions of energy transitions. The review addresses three main questions; what definitions of fairness are used in the literature, how has this research impacted on policy and what participatory methods have been employed to engage vulnerable European citizens with the issue of fair energy transitions? [Originally posted at https://fair-energy-transition.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FETA-Literature-Review_final.pdf]