The just transition fund – Did the European Union learn from Europe's past transition experiences?

Moesker, Karen; Pesch, Udo

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2022.102750

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“…For instance, in the EU’s decarbonisation strategy, the European Green Deal, ‘Just Transition’ is strongly emphasised, and a Just Transition Mechanism (JTM) is established that shall “ensure that the transition towards a climate-neutral economy happens in a fair way, leaving no one behind” (EC, 2023). However, first analyses of the JTM show that there is little in there that matches trade unions’ and academics’ demands for a just transition (Moesker and Pesch, 2022: 102750). Similar mismatches have been noted in the related literature on Green New Deals, the focus of the next section.…”

Section: Just Transitionmentioning

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Climate Crisis and Social Protection - From Worker Protection to Post-growth Transformation?

Nenning,

Bridgen,

Zimmermann

et al. 2023

Social Policy and Society

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The article discusses five literature strands’ approaches towards social protection systems in the context of climate crisis: Adaptive Social Protection, Just Transition, Green New Deal, Post-growth, and Eco-feminism. As we argue, these five strands are located on a spectrum between a green growth orientation and a green anti-capitalist orientation. Furthermore, they differ in terms of their problematisation of the climate crisis and have different perspectives on relevant actors, on world regions, and – most relevant in the context of social welfare – their conceptualisation of social protection. While Adaptive Social Protection emphasizes cash transfers and insurances, Green New Deal and Just Transition approaches focus more on redistribution and labour market policies, and Post-growth and Eco-feminist approaches more on universalist policies and systems. We argue that these literatures each have their weaknesses, but also offer urgent questions, concepts, and insights for further social policy research.

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Section: Just Transitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate Crisis and Social Protection - From Worker Protection to Post-growth Transformation?

Nenning,

Bridgen,

Zimmermann

et al. 2023

Social Policy and Society

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“…Indeed, the delivery of the carbon transformation envisaged by the EGD will require a deep restructuring in areas where the economy is based on coal mining. However, without financial and institutional support, the burden of decarbonisation would be unevenly distributed with the last few 'coal' regions bearing most of the costs, including social ones (Moesker & Pesch, 2022). In order to mitigate the social impact of phasing-out coal, a financial toolkit, known as the Just Transition Mechanism, has been introduced to support coal regions.…”

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“…This applies primarily to ensuring continuity of employment for the workforce of carbon-intensive sectors (e.g. the mining industry and coal-based power utilities) and care for the environment (Moesker & Pesch, 2022;ST, 2022;Eurofound, 2023). The Just Transition Mechanism for 2021-2027 is based on three pillars (EC, 2020b):…”

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The place of Śląskie Voivodeship (Poland) in the greening space of flows

Wójcik,

Szejgiec-Kolenda,

Czapiewski

et al. 2022

Europa XXI

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The study assess the position of the Śląskie Voivodeship in the European space of flows. The main objectives are: (1) to examine the regional position in the interregional space of flows, and (2) to assess this position in terms of the decarbonisation processes planned under the European Green Deal policy. In order to do this, the strengths and weaknesses of the region were identified, the flows potentially vulnerable to the restructuring process of the region’s coal-based economy were recognised, and the extent and scale of the impact of decarbonisation on the region’s economic situation was determined. An analysis of indicators such as intensity and concentration of flows places the region on the flow periphery, as the most significant flows are concentrated in Western and Northern Europe. One exception to this pattern is the transport of goods when measured in tonnes, which makes the region an important hub on a European scale. However, the most intensive flows link it with other Polish regions. Moreover the specificity of the Śląskie Voivodeship means that any effects of the European Green Deal will be particularly strongly felt, as it is among the regions experiencing the greatest negative impact of this policy on the economy and labour market.

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“…The Green Deal provides the foundation for a transition towards renewable energy across the EU, while instruments such as the Just Transition Mechanism are intended to ensure that burdens of this transition are alleviated and shared equally, exemplified, e.g. in a projected loss of fossil fuel-based industry jobs impacting workers in such regions (Moesker and Pesch, 2022). The CEP introduces a legislative framework and instruments to ensure that the energy transition envisioned in the Green Deal does not neglect questions of social justice and equalitythe recast Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (REDII) in particular highlights values such as the democratisation of energy systems and citizen empowerment as central features of energy communities.…”

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Technopolitics of future-making: The ambiguous role of energy communities in shaping energy system change

Envall

Rohracher

2023

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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Implementing the EU Clean Energy Package (CEP) and its provisions for strengthening energy communities – the cooperative production and management of energy at local level by citizens, a concept emphasising citizen participation and empowerment – has opened a new arena for contestations over energy futures in Sweden. An aim of CEP is to contribute to just energy transitions through citizen participation and democratisation by using the potential of energy communities to reconfigure socio-material relations of the energy system. However, different actor constellations claim interpretative privilege about the role and importance of energy communities in a low-carbon future. To better understand political contestations over energy futures, we unpack broader discursive patterns and their socio-material enactments related to legally define and regulate the operation of energy communities in Sweden. Through the analytical lens of socio-technical imaginaries and technopolitics, we explore struggles over energy futures within conduits of institutionalised policymaking and attempts by energy communities to navigate technopolitical barriers in relation to grid infrastructure, power relations, actor constellations, rules and regulations and knowledge claims. We find that energy communities are not easily accommodated to the dominant socio-technical imaginary of Sweden’s energy future. What is at stake in processes related to the transposition of the CEP into national law is essentially different political ideas of how society should be organised.

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The just transition fund – Did the European Union learn from Europe's past transition experiences?

Cited by 18 publications

References 27 publications

Climate Crisis and Social Protection - From Worker Protection to Post-growth Transformation?

Climate Crisis and Social Protection - From Worker Protection to Post-growth Transformation?

The place of Śląskie Voivodeship (Poland) in the greening space of flows

Technopolitics of future-making: The ambiguous role of energy communities in shaping energy system change

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