A Just Energy Transition
Project Details
Asia and the Pacific is a fast-growing region with significant opportunities to accelerate decarbonisation.
The goal of a just energy transition (JET) is to ensure that all segments of society, particularly vulnerable and marginalised communities, are actively involved in and benefit from the shift to cleaner and more sustainable energy systems.
A just energy transition recognises energy policies, technologies, and practices can have different impacts on women, men, the poor and low-income, gender-diverse individuals and socially marginalised communities. A just transition requires a coordinated effort from governments, businesses, civil society, and other stakeholders to ensure that the shift towards a more sustainable and equitable future benefits everyone and leaves no one behind.
The figure depicts a composite, integrated and inclusive domain framework. This framework has been further developed to be used as a tool to guide the integration of JET in energy transition policies and plans. Reihana Mohideen, Jaimes Kolantharaj, Managing Gender Inclusive, Just Energy Transitions in South Asia, Oxford Open Energy, 2024
Projects
- Inclusive Energy Transition in South Asia and Beyond
This project will bring stakeholders in the low-carbon energy transition together to develop capacity to ensure the adoption of inclusive and integrated strategies and solutions for the ongoing low-carbon energy transition in South Asia, with a focus on gender equality and social inclusion.
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- Small Island States: Enabling a Just Energy Transition in the Maldives
This project will support the ADB to improve the energy security and the sustainable transition of the energy sector in the Maldives in selected outer islands, with a focus on gender equality and social inclusion
- Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) Cente
Research focus areas of this project will overhaul grid management tools, facilitating operations and infrastructure planning with inverter-based resources and society-scale decarbonization. The socio-technology aspect will consider potential social implications and how socio-technical approaches can be incorporated into technical models.