Why the lack of different just transitions?

A truly just [energy] transition rests on five interlinked dimensions:

  • Recognition justice: respecting the rights, knowledge systems and lived experiences of marginalized communities.
  • Procedural justice: ensuring inclusive, democratic and transparent decision-making.
  • Distributive justice: reducing inequality by fairly sharing both the benefits and burdens of the transition.
  • Remedial justice: redressing past and ongoing harm through structural change and meaningful reparation.
  • Transformative intent: going beyond avoiding harm to tackle the root causes of injustices. This also means having a long-term vision, working within existing structures while enabling the emergence of fairer alternatives that dismantle colonialism. https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/research-publications/unjust-transition-reclaiming-the-energy-future-from-climate-colonialism/

QED. There are more different types of unjust transitions than there are just ones.

Why?

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