Just Transition: Creating New Jobs for a Decarbonized Society
Works Cited

Just Transition for a Sustainable Future
Climate Analytics (2019) “Global and regional coal phase-out requirements of the Paris Agreement: Insights from the IPCC Special Reporton 1.5°C”
https://climateanalytics.org/publications/2019/coal-phase-out-insights-from-the-ipcc-special-report-on-15c-and-global-trends-since-2015/
International Labour Organization (2016) “Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies forall”
https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/green-jobs/publications/WCMS_432859/lang--en/index.htm
International Trade Union Confederation (2017) “Just Transition: A Report for the OECD”
https://www.oecd.org/environment/cc/g20-climate/collapsecontents/Just-Transition-Centre-report-just-transition.pdf
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2016) “Just transition of the workforce, and the creation of decent work andquality jobs”, FCCC/TP/2016/7
https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2016/tp/07.pdf
World Wide Fund for Nature, European Policy Office (2021) “Toolkit for assessing effective Territorial Just Transition Plans”
https://just-transitions-plan.wwf.eu/upload/WWF%20TJTP%20scorecard%20tool%20overview.pdf

EUEuropean Commission (2020) “Just Transition Platform”
https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal/actions-being-taken-eu/just-transition-mechanism/justtransition-platform_en
European Commission (2021) “The Just Transition Mechanism: making sure no one is left behind”
https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal/actions-being-taken-eu/just-transition-mechanism_en
European Commission (2021) “Just Transition Fund (JTF) Regulation - Confirmation of the final compromise text with a view toagreement”
https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-6183-2021-INIT/en/pdf

Germany
Galgóczi, B. (2014) “The long and winding road from black to green: Decades of structural change in the Ruhr region” from International
Journal of Labour Research, 6(2): 217-240
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (2017) “Germany’s effort to phase out and rationalise its fossil-fuel subsidies: A
report on the G20 peer-review of inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption in Germany”
https://www.oecd.org/fossil-fuels/Germany-Peer-Review.pdf
Pinker, A. (2020) “Just transitions: A comparative perspective” (p.40)
https://www.gov.scot/publications/transitions-comparative-perspective/
Schepelmann, P, Kemp, R, and Schneidewind, U. (2016) “The Eco-restructuring of the Ruhr District as an Example of a ManagedTransition”, in Hans Günter Brauch, et al. (eds.), Handbook on Sustainability Transition and Sustainable Peace. Springer: Switzerland
World Resources Institute (2019) “Germany: The Ruhr Region’s Pivot from Coal Mining to a Hub of Green Industry and Expertise”
https://www.wri.org/just-transitions/germany-ruhr-region

World Wide Fund for Nature (2019) “Just Transition is possible! The case of Ruhr (Germany)”
https://regionsbeyondcoal.eu/just-transition-is-possible-the-case-of-ruhr-germany/

PolandEU Cash Awards (2021) “Eastern Wielkopolska to phase out its fossil past”
https://www.cashawards.eu/2020/12/18/eastern-greater-poland-to-phase-out-its-fossil-past/
Europe Beyond Coal (2020) “Polish utility Ze Pak to close all its lignite plants in line with UN climate agreement”
https://beyond-coal.eu/2020/10/01/polish-utility-ze-pak-to-close-all-its-lignite-plants-in-line-with-un-climate-agreement/
Hetmański et al. (2021). Just transition in Eastern Wielkopolska - diagnosis and guidelines. Instrat Foundation for WWF Poland.
http://instrat.pl/en/jt-eastern-wielkopolska/
Pogoda, A. (2020) “Polish coal region Eastern Wielkopolska wants to be climate neutral by 2040”
https://www.just-transition.info/polish-coal-region-eastern-wielkopolska-wants-to-be-climate-neutral-by-2040/
Powering Past Coal Alliance (2021) “Spain heads list of new Powering Past Coal Alliance members”
https://www.poweringpastcoal.org/news/press-release/spain-heads-list-of-new-powering-past-coal-alliance-membersŚlimko, E. (2019) “Just Transition of Eastern Wielkopolska. Challenges from the civil society perspective– analysis and recommendations”
http://www.sprawiedliwatransformacja.pl/files/Just%20Transition%20of%20Eastern%20Wielkopolska.%20Challenges%20from%20the%20civil%20society%20pe
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Sytek, M. (2020) “Eastern Greater Poland Just Transition Concept”
https://mtvsz.hu/uploads/files/MaciejSytek_Justtransition_Poland_4Dec2020_WS.pdf

Spain
Europe Beyond Coal (2021) “Coal Exit Tracker”
https://beyond-coal.eu/coal-exit-tracker/?type=maps&layer=4
Government of Spain, The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (2019) “The Just Transition Strategywithin the Strategic Energy and Climate Framework”
https://www.miteco.gob.es/en/prensa/etj-english-interactive_tcm38-505653.pdf“Historic Agreement for Just Transition in Spain”, ThisIsTheRealSpain: March 30, 2021
https://www.thisistherealspain.com/en/latest-news/historic-agreement-for-just-transition-inspainhttps://www.thisistherealspain.com/en/latest-news/historic-agreement-for-just-transition-in-spain

Slovakia
Bankwatch (2019) “Local community participation in the Transformation Action Plan for the Slovakia’s Upper Nitra Coal Region”
https://bankwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Transformation-Action-Plan-Upper-Nitra.pdf
Bankwatch (2019) “Upper Nitra, Slovakia: an exemplary approach towards just transition”
https://bankwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/EBRD-AGM-IP-JT-example.pdf
Powering Past Coal Alliance (2020) “Slovakia coal phase-out”
https://www.poweringpastcoal.org/members/slovakia

IrelandEuropean Commission (2020) “Future employment and skills in the Irish Midlands”
https://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/default/files/documents/future_employment_and_skills_in_the_irish_midlands.pdf
Government of Ireland (2019) “Climate Action Plan 2019”https://assets.gov.ie/25419/c97cdecddf8c49ab976e773d4e11e515.pdf
Government of Ireland (2021) “Just Transition Fund”
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/ed10d-just-transition-fund/
Government of Ireland, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (2021) “Just Transition Progress Reports”
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/e0e7e-climate-action-plan-to-tackle-climate-breakdown-just-transition/
Government of Ireland, Houses of the Oireachtas (2021) “Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018”https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2018/118/
Government of Ireland, Joint Committee on Climate Action (2019) “Report of the Joint Committee on Climate Action - Climate Change:
A Cross-Party Consensus for Action”
https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/joint_committee_on_climate_action/reports/2019/2019-03-28_report-climatechange-a-cross-party-consensus-for-action_en.pdf
Midlands Regional Transition Team (2019) “Midlands Regional Transition Team presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee onClimate Action”
https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/joint_committee_on_climate_action/submissions/2019/2019-11-13_openingstatement-anna-marie-delaney-chief-executive-offaly-county-council_en.pdf

ScotlandEuropean Commission (2019) “Case Study: Oil & Gas Training Fund, Scotland”
https://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/ener/files/documents/oil_gas_transition_training_fund_scotland__platform_for_coal_regions_in_transition.pdf
Government of Scotland (2021) “Just Transition Commission”
https://www.gov.scot/groups/just-transition-commission/

New Zealand
Government of New Zealand, Ministry of Business, Innovation, & Employment (2018) “A Just Transition to a Low Emissions Economy”
https://www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/8be09f13ca/just-transition-unit-presentation-nov-2018.pdf
Venture Taranaki (2019) “Taranaki 2050 Roadmap: Our Just Transition to a Low Emissions Economy”
https://www.taranaki.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Like-No-Other/Taranaki-2050-Roadmap.pdf
Venture Taranaki (2021) “Taranaki 2050”
https://www.taranaki.co.nz/like-no-other/vision-and-strategy/taranaki-2050/

Australia
Cain, K. (2019) “A just transition for the Latrobe Valley.”
https://www.climate-transparency.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17.Karen-Cain-Latrobe-Valley-Authority-February-2019.pdf
Mercier, S. (2020) “Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland”
http://files.nesc.ie/nesc_research_series/Research_Series_Paper_15_TTCaseStudies.pdf

Costa Rica
Government of Costa Rica (2019) “National Decarbonization Plan”
https://unfccc.int/documents/204474

CanadaGovernment of Alberta (2021) “Advisory Panel on Coal Communities”
https://www.alberta.ca/coal-communities.aspx
Government of Alberta (2021) “Coal Community Transition Fund”
https://www.alberta.ca/coal-community-transition-fund.aspx
Government of Alberta (2021) “Support for Albertans affected by coal phase out”
https://www.alberta.ca/support-for-coal-workers.aspx
Government of Canada (2019) “Task Force: Just Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities”
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/task-force-just-transition.html
Healing D. (2020) “Alberta set to retire coal power by 2023, ahead of 2030 provincial deadline” from The Canadian Press, December 4,2020
https://globalnews.ca/news/7502144/alberta-coal-power-ahead-of-schedule/

United States
World Resources Institute (2020) “Tonawanda, New York, United States: The Closure of the Huntley Generating Station and Communityled Efforts for a Prosperous Future”
https://www.wri.org/just-transitions/tonawanda-new-york
World Resources Institute (2020) “USA: Federal Funding to Support Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic
Revitalization (POWER) in Coal Communities”
https://www.wri.org/just-transitions/usa-federal-funding

Just Transition in Japan
J-POWER (2021) “山口宇部パワー（株） 西沖の山発電所（仮称）新設計画 計画取り止めについて”
https://www.jpower.co.jp/news_release/2021/04/news210416_1.html
Shimazaki, N. (2013) ”石炭産業の収束過程における離職者支援” The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: December 2013 (No. 641)
”呉、和歌山の再稼働断念 ９月末に高炉休止―森日鉄副社長” JIJI.COM: June 4, 2021
https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021060400077&g=eco”ホンダ、真岡の工場を 25 年末までに閉鎖 海外生産進む” The Asahi Shimbun: June 15, 2021
https://digital.asahi.com/articles/ASP6G7KHGP6BUUHB015.html