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

Version 1 : Received: 13 May 2021 / Approved: 16 May 2021 / Online: 16 May 2021 (21:55:33 CEST)

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Krawchenko, T.A.; Gordon, M. How Do We Manage a Just Transition? A Comparative Review of National and Regional Just Transition Initiatives. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6070. Krawchenko, T.A.; Gordon, M. How Do We Manage a Just Transition? A Comparative Review of National and Regional Just Transition Initiatives. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6070.

Abstract

The concept of a ‘just transition’ encompasses political and policy imperatives to minimise the harmful impacts of industrial and economic transitions on workers, communities and society more generally, and to maximise 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.

Keywords

just transition; energy transition; regional development; public policy; governance; OECD; European Union

Subject

Business, Economics and Management, Accounting and Taxation

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