El ocaso del carbón y la necesidad de una transición justa en Colombia

The document asserts that Colombia's coal sector is in a structural decline, despite temporary price increases in 2021. It highlights the extreme economic and fiscal dependence of La Guajira and Cesar on large-scale mining, noting that this dependence coexists with low development indicators and high environmental and social liabilities. The author uses the 2020 crisis and Prodeco's decision to relinquish mining titles as a warning, urging national and local governments to implement transition strategies rather than attempting to prolong the life of coal mining, which would risk obstructing a just transition.

• The coal mining sector in Colombia has entered a stage of structural decline, which was accelerated in 2020; the increase in international coal prices seen in 2021 is considered cyclical and does not reverse this long-term downward trend.
• The departments of La Guajira and Cesar are heavily dependent on large-scale coal mining for their economies and finances, yet these producing municipalities continue to show low development indicators alongside significant social and environmental liabilities.
• The 2020 sector crisis and the decision by the producer Prodeco to surrender mining titles—which was accepted by the National Mining Agency—illustrate the challenges Colombia faces regarding a just transition amid global decarbonization.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). El ocaso del carbón y la necesidad de una transición justa en Colombia. https://www.sei.org/publications/el-ocaso-del-carbon-y-la-necesidad-de-una-transicion-justa-en-colombia/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. El ocaso del carbón y la necesidad de una transición justa en Colombia. 2021. https://www.sei.org/publications/el-ocaso-del-carbon-y-la-necesidad-de-una-transicion-justa-en-colombia/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021ocaso, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{El ocaso del carbón y la necesidad de una transición justa en Colombia}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/el-ocaso-del-carbon-y-la-necesidad-de-una-transicion-justa-en-colombia/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }