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This case study analyzes the socio-economic crisis in La Jagua de Ibirico, Colombia, following the 2020 closure of a major coal mine. It highlights how the resulting loss of resources severely limits the institutional and financial capacity of local authorities to lead a just transition in a region already burdened by armed conflict and social inequality.

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the economic, institutional, environmental, and socio-cultural barriers to a just energy transition from thermal coal in Colombia, specifically focusing on the Caribbean regions of Cesar and La Guajira.

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Natural Resource Governance Institute examines the economic, institutional, environmental, and sociocultural barriers to a just energy transition from thermal coal in Colombia, specifically focusing on the Cesar and La Guajira departments.