There is increasing attention to the concept of a 鈥渏ust transition鈥� to low-carbon and environmentally friendly economies and societies. While it is generally recognized that policies need to be designed in line with country-specific conditions, there needs to be a deeper examination of what a just transition means in the differentiated contexts of countries at different levels of development, which face different economic structures, labor market configurations and social and environmental challenges. Developing countries may require a greater focus on adaptation and resilience-building given higher rates of poverty and informality, greater vulnerability to shocks and greater reliance on agriculture and tourism, and in some cases fossil fuels. It will be necessary to address investment and technology gaps within the reality of developing countries麓 macroeconomic constraints, but a just and effective transition will require an even greater emphasis on social transformation and safety nets, in a framework that leaves and pushes no one behind, and works through and across value chains to ensure respect for human rights and labor rights. There also needs to be greater understanding of the transnational impacts of just transition, for example the impacts on trade. In the exercise of its mandate to advise the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on its annual themes, in 2022-2023 the CDP will provide perspectives on what a just, sustainable or 鈥済reen鈥� transition means for developing countries.
- Stockholm+50: What does Just Transition mean for Middle Income Countries, Adriana Abdenur, 31 May 2022
- Arunabha Ghosh and others on 鈥淯nlocking a better future鈥�: , Stockholm Environment Institute
- The just transition debate: ambition meets reality 鈥� open session at the CDP鈥檚 2023 Plenary on 21 February
- Excerpt from the 2023 CDP Report on Just transition
- CDP Policy Note A globally just transition: Perspectives from the Committee for Development Policy
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