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Just transition

In co-operation with our partner the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the Hans Böckler Stiftung, we explore the issue of ‘just transition’. This idea has evolved, in a sense, as a sub-set of the Green New Deal. Making the ecological transition to a sustainable future is essential—it is now widely agreed—but if this is not done in a just fashion it can have negative social side-effects, particularly in terms of lost jobs in fossil-fuel industries and fuel poverty for the socially excluded.

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This project elaborates what ‘just transition’ means—from the concept itself to its outworkings on the ground. It includes contributions from the Spanish deputy prime minister and minister for the ecological transition, from leading figures in the trade union movement in Europe and internationally and from the director of the European consumer organisation.

A common thread is the need to engage widely those affected and to draw on their knowledge to develop plans for re-employment and retraining which offer a positive perspective. What emerges more generally from the collated material is that ‘just transition’ is now a robust and well-developed idea supported by many examples of good practice. It falls to the European Union to will the means, in terms of the scale of the Just Transition Fund it has established.

cars,vehicles,transport,industry,jobs,skills,Europe,retraining Vehicles and just transition—turning the wheelSarah Mewes and Gloria Koepke
just transition,fossil fuels,gilets jaunes,yellow vests Building just-transition policies out of fossil miseryÉloi Laurent
jobs,just transition Jobs and a just transition can deliver climate ambitionSharan Burrow
Fit for 55,emissions-trading system,Social Climate Fund Is Europe socially fit for the ‘Fit for 55’ package?Béla Galgóczi
union strategies, jobs versus environment Trade unions and climate change: the jobs-versus-environment dilemmaAdrien Thomas and Nadja Dörflinger
social-green deal A Social-Green Deal, with just transition—the European answer to the coronavirus crisisMaja Göpel
US economy A European Union climate agenda for COP26George Tyler
Just Transition Fund coal phase-out Just Transition Fund can boost European coal phase-outRebekka Popp and Pieter de Pous
just transition energy bills A just transition must help those struggling to heat their homesMonique Goyens
social investment Just transition: the pensions analogyAnton Hemerijck and Robin Huguenot-Noël
Hamilton The politics of a just transition: avoiding fallacious argumentsJohn Weeks
beyond coal Moving beyond coal: policy lessons from across EuropeElena Bixel
just transition media Telling a different story: the media and ‘just transition’Natalie Bennett
Myanmar,due diligence Beyond ‘green growth’Frank Hoffer
Just Transition Spain A just transition with climate and social ambitionTeresa Ribera
just transition lessons Just transition: replacing fear with hopeSamantha Smith
Marina Povitkina Climate policy, ‘just transition’ and the quality of governmentMarina Povitikina and Bo Rothstein
European Pillar of Social Rights,social pillar Sustainability is social, environmental and economicLiina Carr
coal Why should just transition be an integral part of the European Green Deal?Béla Galgóczi
adaptation strategy A Just Transition Fund: one step on a long marchLudovic Voet
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