Leveraging EU trade for a just transition: Rethinking EU-LAC relations
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Leveraging EU trade for a just transition: Rethinking EU-LAC relations

leveraging eu trade for a just transition: rethinking eu-lac relations How can EU trade promote a just transition in partner countries?  As SOLIDAR gears up to participate in the fourth EU-CELAC Summit in Colombia on 9-10 November, we’re launching a policy brief focused on how to ensure that EU trade becomes a vehicle to promote…

Unlocking opportunities for a just transition: Policy brief series
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Unlocking opportunities for a just transition: Policy brief series

Unlocking Opportunities for a Just Transition: Policy Brief series The EU mandate 2024–2029 appears to maintain the general direction of the European Green Deal by embracing the narrative of a just transition. The Political Guidelines of July 2024, which outline Commission President von der Leyen’s priorities for the mandate, state that ‘We need to ensure a…

Global Gateway advocacy toolkit: Pushing for transparency, accountability and a just transition
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Global Gateway advocacy toolkit: Pushing for transparency, accountability and a just transition

global gateway advocacy toolkit: pushing for transparency, accountability and a just transition How can civil society engage in the EU’s Global Gateway initiative?    Launched in 2021 by the European Commission, the Global Gateway strategy was presented as the ethical and sustainable alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Russia’s investment plans. Described during the…

Embedding social justice in adult learning and policy: Just4all toolkit and roadmap
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Embedding social justice in adult learning and policy: Just4all toolkit and roadmap

embedding social justice in adult learning and policy: Just4all toolkit and roadmap How can adult learning and education contribute to achieving a just transition for all?   The Just4All project wrapped up in September with the final policy roundtable, ‘Building Bridges for a Just Transition: Adult Learning at the Heart of Europe’s Green and Social Future.’…

What role for a socially just green transition in the next European Union budget?  
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What role for a socially just green transition in the next European Union budget?  

Strengthening and Mainstreaming Just Transition Goals in the EU Budget What role for a socially just green transition in the next European Union budget?   In July 2024, Ursula von der Leyen’s Political Guidelines promised to significantly increase funding for a just transition in the next long-term EU budget. However, subsequent communications by the European Commission,…

Eleventh hour for the SDGs: A just and prosperous world is still within reach – what can Europe do next?
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Eleventh hour for the SDGs: A just and prosperous world is still within reach – what can Europe do next?

The third and final annual monitoring report provides a mid-term and forward-looking analysis of Europe’s implementation of the SDGs, assessing the EGD’s contribution to achieving these goals within the EU and in other countries. It monitors SDG progress based on the commitments of the main political parties following the 2024 European Parliament elections and integrates…

Building a Global Just Transition Narrative: Challenges and Approaches to turn a Global North concept into a Common Agenda
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Building a Global Just Transition Narrative: Challenges and Approaches to turn a Global North concept into a Common Agenda

The concept of a Just Transition was developed as a framework to reconcile social and environmental goals in the transition to a zero emissions economy. However, its application, especially in Europe, has leaned on Global South resources and economic growth models that exacerbate the very crises they aim to solve. The Global South is disproportionately…