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    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    December 23, 2021

    Spain’s National Strategy to Transition Coal-Dependent Communities

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Herd of sheep by windmills on mountains
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Africa
    Update
    December 23, 2021

    South Africa: Strong Foundations for a Just Transition

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Men in safety attire walking with others out of store
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Tonawanda, New York, United States: The Closure of the Huntley Generating Station and Community-led Efforts for a Prosperous Future

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    River with bridge and kayaks
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Italy: Enel’s Just Transition Framework and Futur-e project

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Industrial energy production
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Germany: The Ruhr Region’s Pivot from Coal Mining to a Hub of Green Industry and Expertise

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    View of industrial structures with view of city
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Wałbrzych, Poland: Delayed Transition after Coal Mine Closures

    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Coal mine
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    USA: Federal Funding to Support Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) in Coal Communities

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Rooftops with trees
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Ukraine: Grassroots Local Cooperation through the “Platform for Sustainable Development of Coal Towns of Donetsk Region

    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Tram
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Scotland: Re-skilling through the Oil and Gas Transition Training Fund

    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    Man wearing reflective gear using walkie talkie on ocean
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Kentucky, USA: A Coal Mining Tax Supporting Economic Diversification in Appalachia

    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Coal trains
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Hungary: Converting the Mátra Power Plant into a Diversified Hub of Green Energy and Industry

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Renewables
    View of forest, agricultural fields, and industrial power generation
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Renewables
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Germany’s “Coal Commission": Guiding an Inclusive Coal Phase-Out

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Gardens with gravel path
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    European Union’s Just Transition Mechanism: Transnational Funding and Support for a Just Transition

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Renewables
    Flags
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Renewables
    Climate
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Czech Republic: The RE:START Strategy To Coordinate Three Regions’ Energy and Economic Transitions

    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Buildings
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    Latin America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Colombia’s Early Plans for Green Jobs and Just Transition

    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Miner coming out of cave
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Canada: National Task Force on Just Transition for Coal Power Workers and Communities

    • JT Sector: Electricity
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Technician wearing safety hat and carrying solar panel
    • JT Sector: Electricity
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Civil Society Organizations Use Public Information to Protect Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Rangers in Kibale National Park, Uganda, learn to use the Forest Watcher app developed by the Jane Goodall Institute, Google, and Global Forest Watch. Photo by Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Climate
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Indian Companies and Chinese Megacity Set Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Chengdu, China. Photo by YOYU.cn, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Energy
    North America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    U.S. Companies Spur Utilities to Deploy New Renewable Energy

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Solar energy installation in the U.S. Photo by Department of Energy, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Democratic Republic of the Congo Enables Forest-based Communities to Secure Land Rights

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016

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