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Just Transition for All: A Feminist Approach for the Coal Sector
The world is facing a rapid transition away from coal-based energy due to climate change. While many regions and countries are set to benefit economically and environmentally from the transition in the end, coal workers and their communities will experience immediate adverse outcomes economically such as job losses, socially such as disruption of current gender roles and relations, and culturally such as loss of traditional customs and status. Based on both qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered from around the world where coal mines have shut down, this report shows how and why transition will affect men and women differently. It argues that women are particularly vulnerable to the potential negative effects of a transition away from coal. Above all, it offers an intersectionalityinformed analytical and assessment framework that governments, civil society organizations, and global development institutions can employ to achieve a just transition to a gender transformed and decarbonized world.