Just Transitions within Sectors and Industries Globally

Since 2019, the Academy has undertaken an extensive programme of work on Just
Transitions. Nine research projects were awarded in November 2021, building on the
Academy’s work related to Just Transitions and COP26. These projects engage in
exploring the needs, impacts, and implications of Just Transitions in diverse sectors,
for diverse groups, and include diverse approaches to justice. They also consider
how to build capacities and capabilities for climate change adaptation as well as
mitigation. These projects were funded by the UK’s Department for Business, Energy
& Industrial Strategy.
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- Just Transitions
These research projects produced several key findings and sets out insights for policy:
(i) Developing positive narratives of Just Transitions will broaden engagement and ensure their success
(ii) Just Transitions require broad consultation and collaboration with(in) and across diverse communities and stakeholder groups
(iii) Frameworks with clear objectives and measurements are necessary to drive Just Transitions within sectors and industries
(iv) Addressing transitions of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality employment are integral to Just Transitions within sectors and industries
- Rare Earths in the Just Transition: Connecting Global Inequalities in REE Commodity Chains
- Solar Energy, Modern Slavery and the Just Transition
- The 'net' in net-zero greenhouse gas emissions: achieving just transitions in the forestry sector through climate policy integrati
- Wind energy and the Just Transition: Political and socio-economic pinch points in wind turbine manufacturing and windfarm communit
- Just-in-Time Transition? Industrial Sustainability, Decent Work and the Production of Climatic Precarity in the Cambodian Garment
- Decarbonising and Diversifying Defence: A Workers’ Enquiry
- Making Space for Dialogue on Just Transitions in Africa’s Oil and Gas Producing Regions
- Just transition: a new framework for responsible extraction of energy transition metals for the renewable energy sector
- Enabling a just transition in automotive: evidence from the West Midlands and South Australia