Just Transition Planning Masterclass Webinar 3 Pre-Read

The document argues that meaningful participation from diverse, affected groups is essential for a just transition to ensure procedural justice, improve policy efficiency, and increase ownership of climate policies. It identifies barriers to engagement, such as time constraints, costs, and low trust, and suggests a people-centered design approach to overcome them. The text highlights the necessity of coordination bodies to manage state and non-state actors across different political levels. Examples include Costa Rica's Just Transition Governance Scheme and South Africa's Presidential Climate Commission, both of which serve as platforms for multi-stakeholder collaboration and policy co-creation.

• Participatory planning is critical for a just transition because it allows diverse stakeholders to co-create policies, ensuring that the needs of marginalized groups—including women, young people, Indigenous people, and poorer households—are integrated into policy design.
• Meaningful participation supports justice by addressing procedural injustices for those systematically excluded from decision-making, improving the accuracy of real-world impact assessments, and enabling the creation of innovative policies for a low-carbon society.
• Implementing stakeholder engagement is challenging due to several practical barriers: the time-consuming nature of the process, high costs of coordination, the risk of exposing divergent opinions or biases, historical mistrust of authorities, and low stakeholder interest or availability.
• Effective coordination of a just transition requires a dedicated body to manage actors across local, subnational, national, and international levels. Costa Rica has implemented a Just Transition Governance Scheme with a Working Commission for Dialogue Processes and Joint Actions, while South Africa established the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) in 2020 as an independent, multi-stakeholder body to oversee its transition to a low-carbon society.

APA

Climate Strategies (n.d.). Just Transition Planning Masterclass Webinar 3 Pre-Read. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/JT-Masterclass-Pre-Read-3.pdf

Chicago

Climate Strategies. Just Transition Planning Masterclass Webinar 3 Pre-Read. n.d. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/JT-Masterclass-Pre-Read-3.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatestrategiesndjust, author = {{Climate Strategies}}, title = {{Just Transition Planning Masterclass Webinar 3 Pre-Read}}, institution = {Climate Strategies}, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/JT-Masterclass-Pre-Read-3.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }