How Do We Manage a Just Transition? A Comparative Review of National and Regional Just Transition Initiatives

The concept of a 'just transition' encompasses political and policy imperatives to minimize the harmful impacts of industrial and economic transitions on workers, communities, and society more generally, and to maximize their potential benefits. This imperative has gained heightened importance as governments commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A wide range of policies, strategies and initiatives have been adopted by national and regional governments to facilitate and help manage a just transition. It is a concept that is increasingly being put into practice. This scoping study identifies and compares strategies, policies, and practices that are presently being implemented in order to manage a just transition across 25 countries and 74 regions alongside European Union-level policies. This work develops a typology of policy instruments to manage just transitions and identifies implementation gaps and leading practices.

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The concept of a 'just transition' is becoming increasingly important as governments commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. National and regional governments have adopted a wide range of policies, strategies, and initiatives to facilitate and help manage a just transition to minimize harmful impacts of industrial and economic transitions. This study identifies strategies, policies, and practices being implemented in various countries and regions to manage just transitions and highlights implementation gaps and leading practices.