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Can finance for transitions to a low-carbon world be a tool for justice? In this fourth session of our JTRC webinar series, we look at how different funding mechanisms operate, what criteria are being used to select projects and allocate funds, and what tensions can arise between different stakeholders. Presentations draw on specific examples from Australia (closure of a power station) and Europe (the EU Just Transition Fund) and then discuss how the Green Climate Fund (the largest multilateral climate fund) can more effectively channel just transition funding to developing countries. The discussion shows how climate finance can be used to advance social justice and identifies key entry points in financing debates to make sure that low-carbon transitions are just transitions.
Speakers:
Darryn Snell, Associate Professor, School of Management, RMIT University
Nora Schüttpelz, Policy Advisor to Martina Michels, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left
Jessica Omukuti, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre at University of York
Discussant: Sanna Markkanen, Research Associate, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Moderator: Edouard Morena, Lecturer in French and International Politics, University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP)
For more information about the series and the work of the Just Transition Research Collaborative, please visit unrisd.org/jtrc-2020
Can finance for transitions to a low-carbon world be a tool for justice? In this fourth session of our JTRC webinar series, we look at how different funding mechanisms operate, what criteria are being used to select projects and allocate funds, and what tensions can arise between different stakeholders. Presentations draw on specific examples from Australia (closure of a power station) and Europe (the EU Just Transition Fund) and then discuss how the Green Climate Fund (the largest multilateral climate fund) can more effectively channel just transition funding to developing countries. The discussion shows how climate finance can be used to advance social justice and identifies key entry points in financing debates to make sure that low-carbon transitions are just transitions.
Speakers:
Darryn Snell, Associate Professor, School of Management, RMIT University
Nora Schüttpelz, Policy Advisor to Martina Michels, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left
Jessica Omukuti, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre at University of York
Discussant: Sanna Markkanen, Research Associate, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Moderator: Edouard Morena, Lecturer in French and International Politics, University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP)
For more information about the series and the work of the Just Transition Research Collaborative, please visit unrisd.org/jtrc-2020
