renewt webinar 2: 'THE COAL PHASE-OUT AND THE LABOUR MARKET TRANSITION PATHWAYS: THE CASE OF POLAND'

When?

July 22, 2021 - h 3.00 pm CEST

Where?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvWKnEtAqWo&ab_channel=CMCCChannel

Who?

Speakers:

Jan Frankowsky, Institute for Structural Research (IBS), University of Warsaw

Jakub Sokoiosky, Institute for Structural Research and University of Warsaw

Joanna Mazurkiewicz, Pznan University of Economics and Business and Institute for Structural Research

Moderator:

Luis Sarmiento, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE)

renewt webinar 1: 'enabling fairness for energy workers and communities in transition'

When?

27-28 January 2021

Where?

Online - Zoom Platform

Who?

Representatives from different academic institutions, European Commission, industry, labour unions and the finance sector

What?

DAY 1

First Session: Presentations

• Luke Haywood [MCC]: “Welfare effects of job loss for coal workers”

• Fergus Green [UU]: “Just transitions: normative and political research”

• Jiang Lin [BERKELEY]: ”Declining Renewable Costs, Emissions Trading, and Economic Growth: China’s Power System at the Crossroads”

• Johannes Emmerling [CMCC]: “Energy Sector Jobs under well-below 2 degree target scenarios”

Second Session: Next steps for ReNEWT

• Jan Steckel [MCC] “Expanding the notion of Just Transition”?

DAY 2

First session: Next steps for ReNEWT (continued)

• Moderator: Elena Verdolini [EIEE]: Open discussion about the possible ReNewt perspective article, network research Topics, dissemination strategy, modes of interactions

Second session: Policy Session

• Elena Verdolini [EIEE], Wes Look[RFF], Marion Dumas[LSE]: “Policy options for just transitions from around the globe”

• Sanders Happaerts [European Commission – DG Regio]: “The European Green Deal and the Just Transition Fund “

• Bela Galgoczi [European Trade Union Institute]: “Just transition practices on the ground”

2019 Inaugural ReNEWT Workshop

When? 29-30 October 2019

Where?

Bilbao, Spain, hosted by the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3).

Who?

Representatives from the European Commission, industry, labour unions and the finance sector

What?

The workshop programme included:

• sharing of research outputs and exploration of future collaboration opportunities;

• fostering dialogue between different stakeholders;

• understanding the research needs and challenges of decision-makers on the front line of managing the just transition.

Outputs

• ReNEWT members are working on a diverse range research topics relating to the just transition, including public attitudes towards the energy transition, worker identity and narratives, labour market modelling, energy system modelling, political economy of transitions, transition policy analysis, the role of investors, scenario modelling and consumer behaviour.

• Key reflections from research outputs include: the perception of justice can be as important as actual justice; historic transitions may appear to be more successful than they are due to early retirements, so we need to find a way to help future workers, not just current workers, transition to new roles; the just transition is broader than just the impact on workers, and other members of fossil-dependent communities may be particularly vulnerable, and it is important not only to understand the economic implications of the transition but also the social dimensions.

• It was recognised that a major communications task needs to accompany just transitions research to help decision-makers understand the need for and the extent of the transition as a foundational step, before being able to work with them to develop solutions.