Open AccessTaking a Just Transition Approach to Practical Decision Making
Author(s) -
Amelia Sharman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v17i3.7131
Subject(s) - transition (genetics) , scale (ratio) , work (physics) , focus (optics) , poverty , energy transition , fuel poverty , inclusion (mineral) , management science , computer science , sociology , economics , engineering , economic growth , social science , chemistry , mechanical engineering , medicine , biochemistry , physics , alternative medicine , protocol (science) , optics , pathology , gene , panacea (medicine) , quantum mechanics
A just transition that achieves decent work for all, social inclusion and poverty eradication is unlikely to occur without active guidance. Much of the focus for making a just transition a reality is at a more abstract policy scale, and a gap exists for concrete guidance in achieving a just transition in a practical sense. This article provides two frameworks – at a project scale, and at an organisational scale – for assessing alignment with a just transition. It uses the example of energy to illustrate both the scale of the challenge being faced, and how such frameworks could be applied in practice.