Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Giorgos Galanis
Author-X-Name-First: Giorgos
Author-X-Name-Last: Galanis
Author-Email: g.galanis@qmul.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London (UK).
Author-Name: Mauro Napoletano
Author-X-Name-First: Mauro
Author-X-Name-Last: Napoletano
Author-Email: mauro.napoletano@univ-cotedazur.fr
Author-Workplace-Name: GREDEG, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, Sciences Po, OFCE, SKEMA Business School. 
Author-Name: Lilit Popoyan	
Author-X-Name-First: Lilit
Author-X-Name-Last:  Popoyan
Author-Email: l.popoyan@qmul.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London (UK).
Author-Name: Alessandro Sapio
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Sapio
Author-Email: alessandro.sapio@uniparthenope.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Naples "Parthenope" (Italy)
Author-Name: Olivier Vardakoulias
Author-X-Name-First: Olivier
Author-X-Name-Last:Vardakoulias
Author-Email: olivier.vardakoulias@caneurope.org
Author-Workplace-Name: Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe (Belgium)
Title: Defining Just Transition
Abstract: Climate change has sparked a vivid discussion on its socio-economic risks, capturing the attention of academic circles and policymakers. While it is widely argued that a low-carbon transition should be socially just, the precise criteria that policies must adhere to, in order to be universally accepted as `just', remain insufficiently defined. We draw on relevant theories of distributive justice to provide a formal definition of a just transition. According to our definition, just transition policies should minimise costs for the most vulnerable groups and also take into account the uneven responsibility for causing damages.
Length: 12 pages
Creation-Date: 2024-03
Revision-Date: 
Publication-Status: 
Classification-JEL: O13; Q52; Q54, Q58
Keywords: climate change; distributive justice; green policies; just transition; inequality
File-URL: http://cgr.sbm.qmul.ac.uk/CGRWP114.pdf
Number: 114
Handle: RePEc:cgs:wpaper:114