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It identifies key driving forces across social, technological, economic, environmental, political, and values (STEEP-V) dimensions, such as the risk of 'resource curse' and geopolitical competition between China, the US, and the EU. Through stakeholder workshops, the authors develop four potential scenarios for 2035, ranging from 'Dawn of Empowered Transformation' to 'Shadows of Exploitation'. 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Through case studies in Indonesia, Ghana, and Colombia, it finds that awareness of just transition is low among government officials and that Covid-19 responses have generally not been linked to climate mitigation or adaptation strategies. The document argues for a multidimensional approach that places workers and marginalized communities at the center of decision-making and provides guidelines for national governments to build institutional foundations and participatory processes for a fair low-carbon transition.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000250#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Awareness and understanding of the 'just transition' concept vary significantly across the studied countries; Colombia is the only one to explicitly include it in its revised NDC submitted to the UNFCCC in December 2020.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000250#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Indonesia, knowledge of just transition within the government is limited to a single bureau in one ministry, and the term is sometimes misunderstood as simply meaning 'transition'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000250#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Ghana, while government officials are aware of the term 'just transition', they have not socialized its meaning, and informal workers—who are highly knowledgeable about climate change impacts—rarely hear about just transition strategies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000250#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A major challenge for just transition in developing countries is the high prevalence of the informal economy, which often exceeds 60% of the workforce and lacks formal documentation for state support.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000250#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in the studied countries have not been linked to climate adaptation or mitigation strategies, despite the pandemic's role in deepening existing inequalities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000250#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Ghana, a significant gap exists in the distribution of Covid-19 stimulus aid, with only 1.25% of surveyed informal workers receiving assistance despite 88% reporting drastic sales declines due to lockdowns.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000250#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), donors, and investors are increasingly aware of the need for sustainable investments tailored to specific country needs, although just transition is not yet a standard requirement for loans.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000250#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report recommends that national governments establish a dedicated institutional foundation for just transition, including the creation of inter-ministerial working groups and the use of technical capacity support from non-governmental organizations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000250#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["just transition","Nationally Determined Contributions","climate finance","climate change adaptation","climate change mitigation","energy transition","multilateral development bank"],"geography_discussed":["South Africa","India","People's Republic of China"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","policy analysis","stakeholder engagement"]},{"id":"climstra-000251","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/climstra-000251","title":"Incorporación de estrategias de transición justa en las respuestas a las NDC y la COVID-19 de los países en desarrollo","publisher":{"name":"Climate Strategies","organization":"climate-strategies"},"document_type":"report","language":"es","date_published":"2021","source_url":"https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CS_Report_A-Just-Transition-for-All_Spanish_02.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines the challenges and opportunities of implementing just transition (JT) frameworks in developing nations, highlighting the critical role of the informal economy and the need for context-specific definitions. 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The project emphasizes that transitioning to a circular nutrient economy requires shifting away from linear 'silo' thinking, harmonizing EU regulations for phosphorus, and adjusting fertilizer pricing to account for environmental externalities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002183#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Phosphorus levels in the Baltic Sea continue to rise due to runoff from the drainage basin and internal loading from anaerobic sediments, driving annual cyanobacterial blooms that import approximately 370,000 tons of nitrogen per year via atmospheric fixation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002183#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project identified 25 recovery and reuse solutions in agriculture and 28 in the wastewater sector relevant to the Baltic Sea Region. Mature technologies include struvite crystallization and ammonia stripping, while promising new ones include in situ adsorption of dissolved phosphorus and biocoal production from sludge.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002183#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Cost-benefit analyses across three catchment areas indicate that ecotechnologies for circulating nutrients from agricultural wastes can have a positive Net Present Value (NPV), whereas wastewater management ecotechnologies generally show negative NPVs due to high infrastructure costs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002183#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"SWAT model simulations showed that while selected ecotechnologies provided co-benefits like bio-based fertilizer and energy, they were less effective at reducing nutrient loads than traditional hotspot-targeted Best Management Practices. 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