Climate Strategies submission to SBSTA and SBI on the UAE Just Transition Work Programme

Climate Strategies proposes five operational avenues for the first 2025 JTWP dialogue, including a non-prescriptive governance framework, a case study repository, a resource database, justice-focused metrics, and a global governance architecture. For the second 2025 dialogue, it recommends addressing climate resilience, restorative justice, transition minerals, and deep dives into neglected sectors like food and health systems. The submission also suggests reforming the dialogue format to combine workshops with discussions to better facilitate the sharing of real-world practitioner experiences.

• The JTWP should prioritize becoming operational and actionable to demonstrate its value within the UNFCCC architecture, specifically by developing a non-prescriptive Just Transitions governance Framework to help countries coordinate multi-level governance and align sectoral strategies with sustainable development.
• To facilitate knowledge sharing, the JTWP should establish a repository of real-world intervention case studies and a database of available resources, including funding mechanisms, capacity-building programmes, and impact assessment tools.
• There is a critical need for the JTWP to develop multidimensional indicators and metrics to track the social justice components of transitions, which is necessary to inform the second Global Stocktake (GST) and the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
• The UNFCCC should lead the creation of a supportive global governance architecture for Just Transitions to align fragmented efforts across international institutions dealing with labour, finance, technology, trade, and investment.
• Future JTWP dialogues should expand their thematic scope to include socially inclusive climate resilience, the role of restorative justice in addressing historical injustices, and the social and environmental impacts of mining transition minerals.
• The JTWP should conduct thematic 'deep dives' into sectors that have received less attention, specifically prioritizing food and health systems due to their vulnerability to climate impacts and their importance for sustainable livelihoods.
• The current format of JTWP dialogues is not conducive to concrete outcomes; it is recommended to combine workshop and dialogue formats to allow practitioners to share real-world examples and facilitate open conversations on contentious topics.

APA

Climate Strategies (n.d.). Climate Strategies submission to SBSTA and SBI on the UAE Just Transition Work Programme. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Climate-Strategies_UNFCCC-JTWP-submission_Feb2025.pdf

Chicago

Climate Strategies. Climate Strategies submission to SBSTA and SBI on the UAE Just Transition Work Programme. n.d. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Climate-Strategies_UNFCCC-JTWP-submission_Feb2025.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{climatestrategiesndclimate, author = {{Climate Strategies}}, title = {{Climate Strategies submission to SBSTA and SBI on the UAE Just Transition Work Programme}}, publisher = {Climate Strategies}, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Climate-Strategies_UNFCCC-JTWP-submission_Feb2025.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }