Just transition: integrating climate, energy and environmental justice

Darren McCauley; Raphael Heffron

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.04.014

Just transition: integrating climate, energy and environmental justice

Darren McCauley, Raphael Heffron

School of Geography & Sustainable Development

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Abstract

Just transition is a new framework of analysis that brings together climate, energy and environmental justice scholarships. It was originally coined as a term that was designed to link the promotion of clean technology with the assurance of green jobs. The Paris climate change agreement marks a global acceptance that a more rapid transition is needed to avert disastrous consequences. In response, climate, energy and environmental justice scholarships must unite in assessing where injustices will emerge and how they should be tackled. Just transition offers a new space for developing an interdisciplinary transition sensitive approach to exploring and promoting (1) distributional, (2) procedural and (3) restorative justice, termed here as a new triumvirate of tenets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Energy Policy
Volume	119
Early online date	24 Apr 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.04.014
Publication status	Published - Aug 2018

Keywords

Just transition
Climate justice
Energy justice
Environmental justice
Distributional justice
Procedural justice
Restorative justice

UN SDGs

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