Just Transition Platform project fiche : BOLSTER : addressing inequality in the just transition

BOLSTER ("Bridging Organizations and marginalised communities for Local Sustainability Transitions in EuRope") is an EU-funded research project carried out by a consortium of partners from 11 different EU Member States. The overall aim of the BOLSTER project is to understand how marginalised communities are affected transition process towards climate-neutrality and to investigate whether involving them in decision-making processes enhances support for transition plans. The project seeks to deliver new scientific evidence on decarbonisation transition strategies at the intersection of various dimensions of inequality, including gender, race, age and class. It builds on the tenet of 'leaving no one behind'. To conceptualise this principle, participatory governance models and transition guidelines based on climate justice and gender equality are developed. To achieve these goals, BOLSTER uses qualitative research methods with participatory approaches to improve the understanding of the experiences and needs of marginalised communities.