The b-solutions compendium 2023-2024 highlights challenges faced by EU citizens in border regions, focusing on obstacles like differing national regulations that hinder daily life and regional development. Since 2018, the b-solutions initiative has addressed 165 cases, with the latest compendium...

A successful just transition depends on both the phase-out of coal and carbon-intensive activities as well as the scale-up of future-proof businesses that focus on green and circular practices. Business incubators can play a key role in developing the economy of the future by helping innovative...

The 10th edition of the Just Transition Platform (JTP) Conference took take place on 15-17 October 2024 in Brussels and online. Co-hosted by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) and the Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER), this hybrid event brought together...

The principles of the just transition are equally relevant in the context of the circular economy and the transformation of carbon-intensive industries as they are to the energy transition. - Moving to a circular economy demands collaborative partnerships and networks of interdependent actors...

Partnerships are the driving force of industrial symbiosis development. The industrial symbiosis of Aalborg thrives because of strong partnerships between the Port of Aalborg, established organisations, and up-and-coming actors, each willing to explore synergies. - Do not underestimate the...

Canada has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. A key element of achieving this target is Canada's just transition process. In 2003, the Canadian just transition started with the province of Ontario's provinces commitment to phase-out coal and was perpetuated by the national...

The aim of this toolkit is to provide an overview of useful tools and aspects as well as challenges when considering investments in biomass and bioenergy opportunities in former coal+ regions. The toolkit focuses on the opportunities for planting biomass and using it as bioenergy for coal+...

Partnerships are the driving force of industrial symbiosis development. The industrial symbiosis of Aalborg thrives because of strong partnerships between the Port of Aalborg, established organisations, and up-and-coming actors, each willing to explore synergies. - Do not underestimate the...

The presence of trade unions in hard-to-abate sectors (e.g., steel plants) adds up to the richness of perspectives that is necessary to understand and meet the needs of groups directly affected by, and mainly involved in, the sectors' transition, such as workers and their families. - Trade...

New Zealand's Just Transition Partnership team, a group that supports regional partners to understand, plan and navigate their transition in a way that is fair and equitable, currently supports two regions in the country as they undertake a just transition. One of the regions is Southland, which...