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A Just Transition: Conversations With Foresters on the Drawbacks of Intensive Forestry and the Solutions Offered by Close-to-Nature Practices
A 2021 discussion paper which is based on interviews with over a dozen foresters and practitioners. It explores some reasons why intensive forestry is neither fair nor sustainable and puts forward a new vision of a diverse and thriving forest-based sector where all actors receive their fair share. [Originally posted at https://www.fern.org/publications-insight/a-just-transition-2401/]
How to Ensure a Just and Fast Transition to a Competitive Low-Carbon Economy for the EU?
A 2018 paper which argues that planning for a 'just transition' for impacted regions and sectors should be a key priority for the incoming Commission in order to reach climate goals and ensure decent jobs for workers and a sustainable future for communities. [Originally posted at https://ieep.eu/uploads/articles/attachments/48c9607d-0c50-48a4-a0e4-d7809e2f89ec/Think%202030%20Low-carbon%20economy%20for%20the%20EU.pdf?v=63710108760]
Just Transition in the Context of EU Environmental Policy and the European Green Deal
A 2020 issue paper which primarily focuses on potential negative social impacts of environmental (transition) policies – with regard to jobs/workers and regions as well as consumers/households – and ways to mitigate such impacts on a European and national level. Moreover, the paper focuses on intra-EU socioeconomic effects and distributional justice rather than international, procedural or recognitional justice. [Originally posted at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341129913_Just_transition_in_the_context_of_EU_environmental_policy_and_the_European_Green_Deal]
Just Transition in 7 Central and Eastern European Countries: What Works and What Does Not
A 2022 research which develops an in depth-analysis of the quality of 'just transition' processes in seven central and eastern European countries, namely Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. [Originally posted at https://euagenda.eu/upload/publications/2022-04-just-transition-in-7-ceecs.pdf]
Support to the Preparation of a Territorial Just Transition Plans in Romania
A 2021 study which conducts a regional impact analysis of 'just transitions' in Romania. [Originally posted at https://mfe.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1c0f712ea5d63755decc545234f10e56.pdf]
Support to the Preparation of a Territorial Just Transition Plan in the Czech Republic
A 2021 study which conducts a regional impact analysis of 'just transitions' in the Czech Republic. [Originally posted at https://dotaceeu.cz/getmedia/83eeb7c5-a20b-4611-bb2b-4798615941c5/JTP-CZ-D5-Final-Report_For-Publication_EN.pdf.aspx]
A Just Energy Transition: Tapping into a Century of Ideas
A 2021 paper which focuses on two dimensions of the concept of 'just transition'. The first concerns ‘distributional justice’: does the energy transition guarantee an outcome that is just for workers and their communities? The second dimension concerns ‘procedural justice’: is there participation from citizens and stakeholders in policymaking, and is the government responsive to their input? [Originally posted at https://www.epc.eu/content/PDF/2021/Energy_transition_DP.pdf]
Just Transition in EU External Action: Conceptualising EU Efforts to Promote a Global Low-Carbon Future
A 2021 EU diplomacy paper which argues that within its borders, the EU leverages 'just transition' as a policy initiative aimed at facilitating adaptation to a low-carbon future by securing public buy-in and supporting those with the potential to be negatively affected by that transition. [Originally posted at https://www.coleurope.eu/sites/default/files/research-paper/EDP%205-2021_McLaughlin_5.pdf]
The EU’s Just Transition: Three Challenges and How to Overcome Them
A 2020 policy brief which highlights and addresses three challenges facing 'just transition' in the EU. [Originally posted at https://www.egmontinstitute.be/content/uploads/2020/03/EPB-59-francesca_final.pdf?type=pdf]
Just Transition Beyond the Energy Sector
A 2021 brief which examines the potential negative impacts of climate action in non-energy sectors including transport, waste, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, and tourism. [Originally posted at https://www.adb.org/publications/just-transition-beyond-energy-sector]
The Political Economy of the ‘Just Transition’
A 2013 report which explores procedural and distributional aspects of energy politics and practice as they relate to 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://www.iss.nl/sites/corporate/files/66-ICAS_CP_Newell_and_Mulvaney.pdf]
Building Africa's Renewable Energy Future: Recommendations for a Just Transition
A 2020 policy briefing which sheds light on the course of African energy transition processes. [Originally posted at https://saiia.org.za/research/building-africas-renewable-energy-future-recommendations-for-a-just-transition/]
Just Transition and the Geopolitics of Decarbonization in the EU
A 2020 report which explores how the European Union Green Deal operationalizes the concept of 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://cdn.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mistra-geopolitics-policy-brief-claudia-strambo.pdf]
Foreign Policy and the Just Transition
A 2019 report which builds a bridge between foreign policy and the underlying economic and social changes which arise as part of the challenges of the energy transition. [Originally posted at https://www.energiewende-global.com/fileadmin/user_upload/giz-website/Media_Library/Just_Transition/Foreign_Policy_and_the_just_transition_a_policy_brief.pdf]
The Political Economy of Energy Transition in Southeast Europe – Barriers and Obstacles
A 2021 report which consists of a regional synthesis report and nine country analyses, examines the barriers to an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable energy transition in southeast Europe. [Originally posted at https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/sarajevo/18313.pdf]
Seven Principles to Realize a Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
A 2020 report which details seven principles for 'just transition'. [Originally posted at https://www.sei.org/publications/seven-principles-to-realize-a-just-transition-to-a-low-carbon-economy/]

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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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