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The Will to Decarbonize: Problematizing European Just Transition Governance
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In December 2019, the European Commission launched the European Green Deal (EGD) and hereby ramped up the climate ambitions of the European Union. Responding to a mounting sense of climate urgency, the European Commission proposed a comprehensive reform program to make the EU's economy climate neutral by 2050.
Eva Lövbrand +2 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Through the Just Transition Fund, the EU aims to support regions that face unemployment and declining welfare due to the green transition, primarily by supporting diversification of the economy. In northern Sweden, the fund targets the steel industry.
Sofie Joosse +3 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The emerging “Blue Economy” and “Blue Growth” paradigms, focusing on economic growth, innovations, and environmental sustainability, have increasingly dominated discussions on marine and coastal development. However, in this discourse, the future of small‐scale blue food systems often remains underemphasized and increasingly uncertain.
Richard A. Nyiawung, Raymond K. Ayilu
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An investigation into the determinants of the South African unemployment rate, 1970-2002
Acta Academica, 2008 From 1970 to 1977 unemployment in South Africa oscillated around a near-constant mean. Since 1983 unemployment has shown a definite upward trend defying the existence of a long-run natural rate.
Christie Schoeman +2 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A growing interest in the justice implications of sustainability transitions among politicians and other decision‐makers as well as researchers has given rise to a wealth of case studies, analyses and theorisations of justice in transition governance.
Anke Fischer +5 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates how governance structures and policy approaches influence transition pathways in three major oil and gas producing regions: Esbjerg (Denmark), Taranaki (New Zealand), and Aberdeen (Scotland). The methods employ a comparative case study framework and draw on a literature review, document analysis and interviews with key ...
Sophie Kiernan, Tamara Krawchenko
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Are there Regional Variations in the Psychological Cost of Unemployment in South Africa? [PDF]
Are certain groups of unemployed individuals hurt less by unemployment than others? This paper is an attempt to test the hypothesis that non- pecuniary costs of unemployment may vary between societies with different unemployment rates.
Nattavudh Powdthavee
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