Evidence review: Just transition
Evidence review: Just transition
Just transition is now a key element of climate change debates. To date, most learning on just transitions has come from developed countries. This review is the first to provide a rigorous and precise realist summary of deliberate interventions contributing towards a just transition in the energy, agriculture, food and infrastructure sectors as well as ecosystem services in non-Annex 1 countries. This provides the best available evidence to GCF, its members and stakeholders, on the elements and approaches that can inform interventions that are contributing to just transitions. The evidence review will also inform wider interventions contributing to just transitions. This review is co-financed by the International Labour Organisation.
Key documents
Approach paper: Realist review of just transition
November 2023
Just transition is now a key element of climate change debates. To date, most learning on just transitions has come from developed countries. This realist review is the first to provide a rigorous and precise realist summary of deliberate interventions contributing towards a just transition in four systems: energy, agriculture/food, infrastructure sectors, ecosystem services in non-Annex 1 countries.
Realist review: Just transition towards low emission, climate resilient and more inclusive societies in developing countries
May 2024
The realist review found that common enablers for just transition interventions across all or most sectors included robust funding mechanisms, strong alignment with needs and priorities, political will and ownership, alongside social dialogue and stakeholder engagement. Common barriers to successful just transition across all sectors included bureaucratic and legal barriers, exclusion and unequal distribution of benefits, as well as inadequate technical skills. These findings are covered in this IEU brief.
IEU Brief No. 5 - 2023
December 2023
This brief provides a summary of the key findings from the GCF-IEU and ILO’s realist review on just transition. This review is the first to provide a rigorous and precise realist summary of the contexts, mechanisms, enablers and barriers to successful implementation of deliberate interventions contributing towards a just transition. The review covers interventions in the energy, agriculture, food and infrastructure sectors as well as ecosystem services in developing countries.