CHARTING JUST ENERGY TRANSITIONS

One billion people live in poverty in developing countries that are rich in fossil fuels and minerals. They face devastating climate impacts, despite bearing little responsibility for global emissions, and could experience severe economic shocks as global energy markets change. We were at COP27 to advocate for a just and equitable energy transition that unlocks economic opportunity and sustainable development in these countries.

Financing the energy transition

Existing climate finance fails to back energy transitions in resource-rich developing countries. We aim to support evidence-driven public debate about effective financing options for just energy transitions, including finance pathways for gas-producing countries.

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Events and Content

  • Framework for Countries Evaluating Gas-to-Power Pathways
  • The Resource Remix: Europe's Gas Crunch, African Supply, and the Energy Transition
  • How JETPs Could Support Just Energy Transition Pathways in Africa
  • Threading the Needle: How JETPs Can Support Gas Producers
  • Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) for gas-producing countries: Key findings from NRGI working paper
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    Minerals for the transition

    Demand for “transition minerals” is set to increase six-fold by 2050. We support mineral-rich countries to adopt policies that make the most of this demand, transform mineral wealth into sustainable development, and reduce risks of corruption and environmental damage in mining regions.

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    Events and Content

  • Mission Critical: Mining Governance for a Just Energy Transition
  • No Time to Waste: Governing Cobalt Amid the Energy Transition
  • Sustainable Drive, Sustainable Supply: Priorities to Improve the Electric Vehicle Battery Supply Chain
  • Civil society statement on transition minerals for COP27
  • Critical Minerals for the Energy Transition
  • Triple Win: How Mining Can Benefit Africa’s Citizens, Their Environment and the Energy Transition
  • Infographic: A Mining Triple Win
  • Strategic Minerals, Supply Chains and Governance Challenges in the Andes
  • Ensuring Africa’s Rich, Critical Minerals Endowment Crucial to Global Energy Transition is Leveraged to Promote SDG7 on the Continent
  • Minerales estratégicos, cadenas de suministro y desafíos de gobernanza en los Andes (ciclo de capacitación)
  • Retos para la Gobernanza del litio en México (taller de capacitación)
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    African energy transitions

    Reducing poverty and increasing energy access are urgent priorities in resource-rich African countries. We support platforms for dialogue to inform just and equitable African energy transitions that respond to local needs and are based on sound policies.

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    Events and Content

  • How Ghana Can Map Its Energy Transition Journey
  • RDC : débat lancé pour une transition énergétique juste en s’appuyant sur ses ressources en minerais
  • Road to COP27: Positioning Africa’s Civil Society and Citizens on Climate Change, Energy Transition and Extractives
  • Risky Bet: National Oil Companies in the Energy Transition
  • Africa’s Energy Transition Blueprint: Opportunities and Challenge
  • Boom or Bust: Will Mineral-Rich Countries Benefit from the Energy Transition?
  • End the false promises : Why COP27 must be a true African COP
  • Mwisho wa hadaa; Kwa nini COP27 iwe kweli COP ya Afrika?
  • Ensuring Transition Mining Doesn't Replicate Abuses of the Past: Voices from Communities
  • From Oil and Gas to Wind: A Global Pathway for the Just Transition or a Danish Success Story? (COP27 Blue Zone Event)
  • Just Energy Transition Partnerships for Gas-Producing Countries (Working Paper)
  • Nigeria's National Dialogue on Energy Transition
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