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What is the 'just transition'?

  • Raphael J. Heffron
  • , Darren McCauley

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Abstract

The ‘just transition’ is a concept receiving more attention in the literature to-date. This critical review discusses this and how there are overlaps with literature on energy, environmental and climate justice. Within the separate energy, environment and climate change scholar communities, there is too much distortion of what the ‘transition’ means and what ‘justice’ means, and they all should be understood within the just transition concept. To increase public understanding and public acceptance of a just transition, these research communities need to unite rather than continue alone.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)74-77
JournalGeoforum
Volume88
Early online date1 Dec 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2018

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  3. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

  • Just transition
  • Environmental justice
  • Energy justice
  • Climate justice
  • Legal geography

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  • McCauley_CriticalReview_JustTransition_AAM

    © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.11.016

    Accepted author manuscript, 532 KBLicence: CC BY-NC-ND

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