Just Transition Principles: Prepared for the APEC Energy Working Group Workshop on Promoting a Just Energy Transition

Technical Report · Sat May 20 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2349116· OSTI ID:2349116

Tapio, Rebecca M. ^[1]; Barlow, Jay T. ^[1]; Tarekegne, Bethel W. ^[1]; Bloyd, Cary N. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

A global energy transition from fossil energy to clean energy is unfolding. Just transition is an iterative, continuous process of moving from a fossil-fuel economy to a green economy that provides decent, productive, and ecologically sustainable livelihoods; nurtures social dialogue; and equitably distributes costs and benefits of the energy system. It is aimed at supporting affected workers and communities and affirms that the transition is towards a more equitable energy system. Though the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region as a whole is largely representative of global energy transition trends, APEC’s member economies – and communities within them – will have their own transition nuances. Approaches to just transition must therefore recognize both the global and the local transition dynamics. The report offers eight just transition principles that can help inform work that assures the current energy transition, and its future iterations, are fair and equitable.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 2349116
• Report Number(s): PNNL--34259
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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