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Spain auto sector transition plan
The Spanish government in June 2020 announced a EUR 3.75 billion package to aid the ailing auto sector and to support the production and sale of cleaner cars under the Plan to Boost the Value Chain of the Automotive Industry towards Sustainable and Connected Mobility. In…
China’s coal and steel capacity cuts and worker re-employment
In early 2016, China’s government urged coal and steel companies to cut excess capacity, in part to track lower demand driven by slowing economic growth and environmental regulations. However, mindful of the job losses that would result from capacity closures, the government…
Greece’s just transition strategy for lignite workers
As part of Greece’s energy transition , the government announced a phase out of lignite by 2028. The transition will require decommissioning of lignite power plants and mines, which will create economic and employment disruptions in ligniteproducing areas, especially in Western…
US POWER initiative
In 2015, the Obama administration launched the Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization Initiative (POWER) to direct federal assistance to communities and regions facing job losses related to the energy transition in mining, coal power plants and…
Romanian Wind Energy Association training schools in coal regions
Building on the success of the Renewable Energy School of Skills (RESS) in Constanța, which trained over 5 000 wind energy technicians in Romania, the Romanian Wind Energy Association (RWEA) is developing a professional training academy in a former coal region. The academy will…
EU RES-SKILL project
The RES-SKILL project has an objective to strengthen vocational education and training (VET) for coal workers to secure jobs in the renewable energy space. According to the initiative, the European Union’s carbon agenda will displace around 76 000 jobs in coal mines and coal…
South Africa Sector Jobs Resilience Plans
South Africa has undertaken early national engagement on a just transition for its coal industry in a context where coal accounts for 73% of the country’s energy supply and about 1.5% of formal employment. In 2017, the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries and the…
iForest local skills assessment of coal sector in India
The International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST), an independent non-profit environmental organisation based in New Delhi, India, released a landmark report on planning a just transition in the country’s largest coal and power district, Korba. In…
Spain’s Just Transition Strategy
Spain’s Strategic Framework for Energy and Climate, released in 2019, was built on three pillars, one of which is the Just Transition Strategy . Spain views the energy transition as an engine for quality job creation, especially given that the country’s unemployment rate hovers…
US DOE lithium-battery workforce initiative
As the energy transition brings about surging demand for critical minerals, employment needs in the sector are also poised to grow. In particular, the lithium battery supply chain will underpin growth in an array of clean energy technologies from electric vehicles to energy…
Barcelona Energy Advice Points
In an example of local governments offering clean energy skills programmes, the city of Barcelona launched the Energy Advice Points (EAP) initiative to address energy poverty through building retrofits and job training. The project was established with the goal of upgrading the…
Spain’s Empleaverde Program
The Empleaverde Program of Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) is run by the Biodiversity Foundation to “promote and improve employment, entrepreneurship and the environment”. The programme is co-financed by the European Social Fund…
Philippines’ Green Jobs Act of 2016
The Philippines’ Green Jobs Act of 2016 was a major piece of legislation designed to create and maintain jobs in the emerging green economy. It identifies skills needs, develops training programmes, and trains and certifies workers for jobs in a range of industries related to…
Energy Academy in Germany and Jordan
In Jordan, the 2017 National Green Growth Plan for Jordan established a framework for increasing the role of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the country. The plan also targeted new job creation in the renewables sector to help address the country’s employment…
Morocco’s Institute of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Training Jobs
The government of Morocco has for over a decade embarked on a strategy to limit GHG emissions and increase the role of renewables in its energy mix. The government’s target is to reduce emissions by 42% by 2030 (17% unconditional, 25% conditional on international financing). To…
Technical transformation to promote the energy transition in Panama
The government of Panama is prioritising energy security and the diversification of the energy mix in its transition to a low-carbon economy, with a focus on promoting renewables, efficiency and electro mobility. By 2024, Panama’s Energy Transition Agenda (ATE) plans to reach…
EU Skills Agenda
The European Union has placed a strong emphasis on a green and digital transformation of its economies, including directing sizeable Covid-19 economic recovery into these areas. The lack of basic digital skills is currently limiting EU countries’ ability to capitalise on…
India’s Skill Council for Green Jobs
India’s ambitious renewable energy target of 450 GW by 2030 is expected to create a surge of investments in the sector, representing an important opportunity for job creation. Based on the Indian government´s pledge under the Paris Agreement to scale up renewables, it is…
EBRD just transition initiative
The EBRD’s just transition initiative will help its countries of operation achieve clean and inclusive transitions. Since 2006, the EBRD has undertaken EUR 34 billion in green financing for more than 1 900 projects as well as EUR 7 billion for inclusion projects. The just…
EU initiative for coal regions in transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine
The EU in December 2020 launched an initiative to help coal regions in six neighbouring EU countries undertake a just transition from coal towards a carbon-neutral economy. At least 17 regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine…
UK green licence plates
As part of its efforts to move toward a net zero future and end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, the UK government introduced green licence plates, which include a green flash on the left-hand side of the plate to raise awareness about clean energy vehicles. The…
Mobile app for energy efficient products in India
India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) launched a mobile app that serves as an awareness and outreach medium under the Standards and Labelling (S&L) programme of BEE for efficient appliances. The app has enabled consumers to compare products based on energy efficiency and…
EU energy labels
The EU Energy Labelling Framework Regulation sets out rules and procedures for establishing energy labelling requirements for energy-related products to be placed on the EU market (regardless of their origin). Energy Labelling aims to provide consumers with information about the…
OPower home energy reports in India
BSES Rajdhani Power Limited undertook India’s first large-scale behavioural energy efficiency pilot programme, using Oracle Utilities’ Opower tool to send personalised Home Energy Reports (HERs) to a representative group of 200 000 customers in southern and western Delhi. All…
Vatican installation of PV system
To help green its operations, as promoted by Pope Benedict XVI , the in 2008 Vatican installed 2 394 PV modules on a part (2 134 square meters) of the roof of the Papal Audience Hall near St. Peter’s Basilica. The remaining part of the roof, approximately 2000 square meters, has…
Energy communities in the EU
Energy communities organise collective and citizen-driven energy actions that support the energy transition by allowing people to team up and take ownership of the energy transition, enhancing public acceptance and the uptake of sustainable energy solutions. The Clean energy for…
Germany’s renewable energy cooperatives
Throughout Germany, citizens’ cooperatives have developed renewable energy installations, taking a direct role in the country’s clean energy transition. One of the main benefits of community ownership models is that citizens can invest in local facilities where the cost for an…
Denmark community ownership of renewables
A significant part of Denmark’s remarkable success with wind power generation has been its promotion of community ownership of wind farms. The community ownership has helped wind turbines overcome challenges such as limited space, costs and resistance to visual and noise impacts…
EirGrid’s community consultations in Ireland
EirGrid, the state-owned transmission operator in Ireland, undertook an intensive process of community consultations, with an emphasis on youth participation, to address externalities associated with expanding the electricity grid. Through the engagement process, EirGrid…
Belgium’s citizens communities for offshore wind
Belgium wants its citizens to play a more active role in the electricity market. From 2023, Belgian citizens will be able to form communities and invest together in offshore wind projects to then enjoy the electricity they produce. Belgium recognises that wind farms are…
Citizens’ cooperatives in Belgium
In Belgium, citizens are working together to produce renewable energy, especially solar and wind, to have more autonomy and to get green electricity at a fairer price. Those citizens’ cooperatives are socially committed enterprises and are locally anchored. In Belgium, the…
Community renewables in the United States
Community renewables projects, or “shared renewables”, in the United States follow a community ownership structure to increase access to electricity generated from renewable energy systems. Under the model, customers can buy or subscribe to a portion of a shared project or its…
Spain renewable energy communities
Spain’s National Energy and Climate Plan includes a measure to promote the development of collective self-consumption through the creation of local energy communities. Royal Decree 244/2019 created the framework that allows several consumers within the same community, such as a…
UNIDO-GEF biomass gasification in Thailand
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) implemented a project with funding from the Global Environment Facility to promote small-scale biomass gasification plants that generate electricity from agricultural and wood processing waste in rural Thailand. The…
Austria’s Renewable Deployment Act
The Renewables Deployment Act includes a mix of policies that aims at ensuring a 100% share of renewable sources in Austrian electricity consumption by 2030. It focuses on investment incentives and market premium models, shifting away from feed-in tariffs in former legislation.…
Italy’s renewable energy community initiative
The European Directives 2018/2001 (RED-II) and 944/2019 unleashed huge potential for energy communities’ substantial development at the European level. In 2021, Italy issued EUR 2.2 billion in grants to promote self-consumption of renewables, encouraging renewable energy…
ILEDTHEWAY CAMPAIGN in India
A national level public relations campaign was launched by the Minister of Power and energy service company Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to generate awareness among the population on the benefits of switching to energy efficient LED lighting. Previously, the…
Japan Team Minus 6% campaign
"Team Minus 6%" was a nation-wide energy-saving campaign initiated by the Japanese Ministry of Environment in 2005 to help reduce GHG emissions in line with the country’s Kyoto Protocol pledge. As members of the “team”, all Japanese citizens were encouraged to take six actions:…
The Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Action Platform
Pope Francis issued the Laudato Si’ encyclical in 2015. The encyclical was focused on care for our common home, listening and responding to the cry of the poor and the cry of the Earth. A paradigm called ‘integral ecology’ is proposed in the 4th chapter of the encyclical. The…
Citizen’s Climate Convention in France
The French Citizen’s Climate Convention was convened by the French president in 2018. The convention was comprised of a panel of 150 randomly selected citizens from across the country who were tasked with defining “measures to achieve the current climate target of 40% greenhouse…
Canada Generation Energy
In 2017, Generation Energy engaged over 380 000 Canadians in a national conversation about Canada’s energy future. The discussion focused on three broad themes: 1) Canada’s energy future plan; 2) innovative and fact-based decision making; and 3) clean and affordable energy. In…
Citizens’ Climate Assembly in Austria
Based on the measures proposed in the Public Climate Referendum, the Austrian government is creating a Citizens’ Climate Assembly as a participatory process to discuss and develop proposals for a set of concrete measures to ensure the achievement of climate neutrality by 2040.…
Denmark Citizens’ Assembly
Denmark's Citizens' Assembly on Climate Issues is a civilian council that was formed with the objective of involving a representative selection of the Danish population in the planning of the country’s climate policies. The Citizens' Assembly consists of 99 members selected to…
Ireland Citizens’ Assembly
In 2016, the Programme for a Partnership Government committed to the creation of a Citizens’ Assembly in Ireland, which was subsequently established in 2017. The Assembly consisted of 99 randomly selected members, broadly representative of Irish society, plus a chairperson.…
Lighting Africa solar lantern project in Burkina Faso
The Lighting Africa initiative was set up to address the limits to education and economic opportunity that come with lack of access to modern energy services. Part of the World Bank Group’s contribution to SEforAll, Lighting Africa has expanded basic electricity access through…
South Africa’s Driving Force for Change initiative
The Driving Force for Change programme is a pilot project from the South African Federal Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries to provide financial support to initiatives developed by young people with a positive impact on climate change. In July 2020, youth and…
Elia’s consumer-centric market design and hackathon in Belgium
Elia, the Belgian transmission grid operator, has published a white paper on a consumer-centric and sustainable electricity system. The proposed consumer-centric market design outlines the group’s vision to create value for all and trigger innovation for decarbonisation. To…
Youth Sustainable Energy Hub Progress Report
The Youth Sustainable Energy Hub Progress Report showcases 98 youth projects from around the world that have contributed to promoting clean energy sources and other aspects of sustainable development in their communities, countries and regions. Its objective is to demonstrate…
SYSTEMIC in Belgium
The SYSTEMIC (Say Yes to Stem in the Classroom) project aims to increase young Europeans’ interest in STEM education. For teachers, the project will provide new pedagogical tools to enable them to teach STEM topics differently and develop new teaching approaches. In close…
SDG7 Academy in Panama
Panama’s Ministry of Energy allied with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation to create a virtual school focused on the clean energy transition, where young people can attend courses delivered by experts in the field of energy. Based on Sustainable Development Goal 7 “Affordable and…