Dr. Sandeep Pai

Global "arc" of just transition

Most people don't recognize the “Arc” of Just Transition, not all countries are at the same stage. I believe countries are at different stages of just transition planning and implementation. There is an arc with three phases:

📊 Recommendations for CSOs:

Identify and support champion parliamentarians. Provide data and research to these parliamentarians to enhance both international and domestic advocacy. Organize NDC-related workshops that directly involve parliamentarians to strengthen engagement.

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3️⃣ South Africa: NDC formation is a hybrid approach that combines technical analysis with extensive stakeholder consultations. Parliamentarians can advocate for inclusive, ambitious NDCs through parliamentary committees and constituency engagement.

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2️⃣ Kenya: It has a more consultative, bottom-up approach to NDC formulation with strong formal avenues for parliamentarians to influence NDCs. Parliamentarians in Kenya can engage in international platforms, introduce bills, and directly advocate through government task forces.

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Our reserach finds that:

1️⃣ India: NDC formulation is largely top-down, where parliamentarians can play a vital role in driving advocacy through international collaboration, bills, and debates. But here, parliamentarians will have to rely on self-driven initiatives

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Yet, current NDCs remain insufficient to meet the 1.5°C climate goal. In this context, our new reserach explores the role parliamentarians in the Global South—specifically in India, Kenya, and South Africa—can play in shaping these NDCs.

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🌍 Thrilled to share our NEW report: Role Parliamentarians Can Play in Shaping Nationally Determined Contributions 🌍

#COP30 in Brazil, every country is expected to update their NDCs. Less than 15% of countries have updated their NDCs as of now. (1/n)

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About a year and half ago, @sandeeppai.bsky.social , Suravee Nayak, Sree Harica and I started putting together a review article for WIRES Climate Change on India's complicated relationship with its coal industry.

Global South’s G20 Streak: A Turning Point for Climate and Energy Leadership? | ft. Dr. Prabhat Upadhyaya The India Energy Hour Presented by 101Reporters · Episode

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Global South’s G20 Streak: A Turning Point for Climate and Energy Leadership? | ft. Dr. Prabhat Upadhyaya The India Energy Hour Presented by 101Reporters · Episode

To understand these questions, we interviewed Prabhat Upadhyaya, who understand G20s like no one else. Shreya Jai The African Climate Foundation

Global South’s G20 Streak: A Turning Point for Climate and Energy Leadership? | ft. Dr. Prabhat Upadhyaya The India Energy Hour Presented by 101Reporters · Episode

But how much can Global South countries achieve through the G20 process in the energy and climate space? But even before answering that, how does G20 really work? How can one influence the G20 process? What role can CSOs, Philanthropy and others play in the process?

Global South’s G20 Streak: A Turning Point for Climate and Energy Leadership? | ft. Dr. Prabhat Upadhyaya The India Energy Hour Presented by 101Reporters · Episode

✅ New The India Energy Hour Podcast Episode ✅

The consecutive G20 presidencies of Indonesia 🇮🇩, India 🇮🇳, Brazil 🇧🇷, and South Africa 🇿🇦 is a crucial phase for the Global South to shape discussions on energy transition and climate action.

We are delighted to launch a NEW report on challenges, opportunities & immediate prospects for methane mitigation in the coal and oil & gas sectors in India

This report is a culmination of 1 year of work spanning literature review, workshops, interviews, meetings etc.

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Registration Form Welcome to the "Just Transition & Economic Diversification of Jharkhand’s Coal Heartland: Ground-up Studies from Ramgarh and Bokaro" report launch event, scheduled to take place on 11th February 2025,...

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Over the past year, we've conducted one of the largest ground-up economic diversification studies in the region — covering everything from household to industrial surveys, interviews etc -- in two districts of Jharkhand.
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🌍 Announcing: Massive Economic Diversification Study in Jharkhand 🌍

As one of India's most coal-dependent state, Jharkhand is taking proactive steps toward a just transition...(1/3)

✅ Joint Investments in Mining, Processing, & Manufacturing
✅ Joint Establishment of Centers for Skill Development
✅ Joint Messaging and Advocacy
✅ Joint Investment in Research and Development of New Technologies and Processes
✅ Joint Advocacy for Favourable Trade Policies and Sector Standards

How can Global South countries secure their Critical Mineral value chains? They can do this by collaborating strategically to build value chains

Check out my latest commentary with colleagues, where we outline 5 areas for collaboration 1/n

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Research specialist position at Chalmers University — POLET POLET is recruiting a Research specialist in quantitative methods of technology and policy change. Applications should be received by January 31st, 2025.

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Key figure in the US DoE #LNG study: Coal-to-gas transition is a small part of how US LNG will be used globally, and much of it simply adds new gas generation. Impact on global emissions with & without unconstrained US LNG is ~0 (but slightly positive).
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This is so cool. What a great method to collect data on methane emissions…

2. The report recommends state and district governments to coordinate deeply for net-zero planning

3. State government should launch a program to raise awareness and promote just transition at the state and district level for effective action

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Key recommendations of the report include:

1. The report recommended that the state government create a Just Transition Taskforce to assess economic diversification options.

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2. Apart from households, businesses also thrive because of proximity to coal mines.

3. Solar sector and non-coal based MSMEs top sectors of choice for diversification in coal districts of Telangana

4. Economic diversification potential also varies at sub-district levels in Telangana

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There are barrage of findings and actionable recommendations. Here are few:

1. One-third of households in coal districts in Telangana depend on coal for livelihood with most of the jobs in the coal transport sector.

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1️⃣ The scale of coal dependency among communities in the state.

2️⃣ Opportunities for economic diversification to create sustainable jobs and replace coal-based revenues.

We did large-scale household & industrial surveys, interviews, and rigorous data analysis... 3/n

... it’s about addressing the the profound socio-economic changes needed to ensure workers and communities are not left behind.

To unpack this, we conducted the first-ever #justtransition study in Telangana, focusing on... 2/n

🎉 Thrilled to Launch: "Just Transition Pathways for a Net-Zero Telangana" 🎉

Telangana State in India is setting an ambitious net zero target for 2047—23 years ahead of India’s national target of 2070

This transition isn’t just about technology and economics... 1/n

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Our report, "Just Transition Pathways for a Net Zero Telangana: Case Studies from the Coal Dependent Districts of Peddapalli and Mancherial," explores coal dependency and economic diversification of these districts

Telangana State in India is setting an ambitious net zero target for the year 2047, positioning itself 23 years ahead of the national target by 2070!

Join us tomorrow for the launch of the first ever study on #justtransition in Telangana

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