Real People, Real Change: Strategies for just energy transitions

The document argues that energy transitions are fundamentally about people and that early action is necessary to minimize negative impacts and maximize opportunities. It emphasizes that a just transition is a negotiated process involving workers, industry, and governments, rather than a fixed set of rules, and warns that protecting the status quo of carbon-intensive industries can lead to higher costs and missed economic diversification.

• Delaying the transition to protect carbon-intensive industries can result in increased costs for worker retraining, higher subsidies, unemployment, and environmental and health damages, while hindering economic diversification.
• A just transition is defined as a process and vision based on a tripartite agenda shared by governments, industry, and workers, which must be negotiated according to specific social, political, cultural, and geographical contexts.

APA

Jain,, P. G. G. S. M. O. Z. (2018). Real People, Real Change: Strategies for just energy transitions. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/real-people-real-change-strategies-just-energy-transitions

Chicago

Jain,, Philip Gass,Ivetta Gerasimchuk,Anissa Suharsono,Tom Moerenhout,Yuliia Oharenko,Anna Zinecker,Purva. Real People, Real Change: Strategies for just energy transitions. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2018. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/real-people-real-change-strategies-just-energy-transitions.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{jain2018real, author = {Jain,, Philip Gass,Ivetta Gerasimchuk,Anissa Suharsono,Tom Moerenhout,Yuliia Oharenko,Anna Zinecker,Purva}, title = {{Real People, Real Change: Strategies for just energy transitions}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2018}, month = dec, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/real-people-real-change-strategies-just-energy-transitions}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }