Publications | Coal Transitions

Publications (238)

2026
Bridging the Imaginative Gap:
2026
Green hydrogen ambitions in Algeria and Morocco
2026
Towards care-full landscape justice in the Lusatian coalfield, Germany
2026
Skills development in sustainable energy transitions
- Tim Weishaupt
- Grace Quiceno Soto
2025
Fachkräfte für die Energiewende in Schleswig-Holstein
- Tim Weishaupt
- Pao-Yu Oei
- Germany
2025
Workforce development in low-carbon energy transitions
- Tim Weishaupt
2024
Wasserstoff in der kommunalen Wärmeplanung
2024
CCS in Deutschland
2024
Coal-Exit and Beyond: Structural Change and a Just Transition in Korea and Germany
2024
En route to decarbonization: A periodisation of just transition in four carbon-intensive EU regions
- Roberto Cantoni
- Marie Claire Brisbois
2024
Tagebauverläufe in der Lausitz zur Einhaltung der 1,5°-Grenze
2024
Regional Case Study
2024
Public participation
2024
Renewable energy communities
2024
Youth engagement
2024
Public Lobbying
2024
Energy efficiency and demand reduction
2024
Capacity building
2024
Collaborative decision forums
2024
Navigating resistance
2024
Compensating affected parties necessary for rapid coal phase-out but expensive if extended to major emitters
2024
Perspectives on Legacy Injustices, Coping Strategies, and Elite Governance
2024
Case Study Synthesis Report
2024
Towards a just transition: Identifying EU regions at a socioeconomic risk of the low-carbon transition
2024
Assessing the socioeconomic impacts and public policy costs of the transition in carbon-intensive regions
2024
Caring for carbon-intensive regions in transition
2024
Interactions between decarbonization and other mega trends in European regions
- Maciej Bukowski
- Krzysztof Fal
2024
4 Key Principles for a Just Transition
- Arthur Hinsch
- George Stiff
2024
Just transition as a security investment
- Annela Anger-Kraavi
- Lukas Hermwille
2024
Patterns and dynamics of structural change
2024
Post-Lignite Era in Western Macedonia
2024
From parity to degrowth: Unpacking narratives of a gender-just transition
- Paula Walk
2024
China’s Energy Policy
- Nicolas Malz
- Pao-Yu Oei
2024
Coal in India and the prospects for a just energy transition
2023
China’s climate and energy policy paradox revisited – domestic and international implications of a carbon lock-in ‘with Chinese characteristics’
2023
Strategic Actions to Shape Coping Strategies for Medium-Risk Regions
- Marie Claire Brisbois
2023
Strategic Actions to Shape Coping Strategies for High-Risk Regions
- Marie Claire Brisbois
2023
Strategic Actions to Shape Coping Strategies for Low-Risk Regions
- Marie Claire Brisbois
2023
Shaping a Post-Lignite Landscape
2023
Decarbonization and Populism
- Mahir Yazar
- Håvard Haarstad
2023
Comparative Analysis of Socio-Demographic Dynamics in Carbon-Intensive Regions in Transition
2023
Migration Drivers in Carbon-intensive Regions in the EU
- Stefan Jestl
- Roman Römisch
2023
A Comparative Analysis of the Social Situation Between Carbon-intensive and Noncarbon-intensive Regions
- Larysa Tamilina
- Roman Römisch
2023
Demography and Just Transition: Challenges for Coal Regions
- Piotr Koryś
2023
Deliverable 4.3: About the development process of the JT:READY tool and scoping case studies
2023
A Just Transition Readiness Evaluation Tool
- cintran
- just transition
2023
Supporting just transitions in Canada and Germany
2023
Downscaling or upskilling in carbon-intensive regions?
- CINTRAN
2023
Germany’s CoalExit Strategy
- Pao-Yu Oei
2023
Populist far right discursive-institutional tactics in European regional decarbonization
- Mahir Yazar
- Håvard Haarstad
2023
Overcoming political stalemates: The German stakeholder commission on phasing out coal
2023
Comparative analysis of socio-political dynamics in carbon intensive regions
2023
Towards a Comparative Political Economy of the Just Transition in the Carbon Intensive Regions of Europe
- Piotr Koryś
2023
Klimaschutz in der Lausitz zur Einhaltung der 1,5°-Grenze
2023
Stranded assets and early closures in global coal mining under 1.5∘C
- Christian Hauenstein
2023
1,5-Grad-Grenze von Paris nach Lützerath: CO2-Budget für den Tagebau Garzweiler II
2023
FAQ und Faktencheck: KEINE energiewirtschaftliche Notwendigkeit für die Abbaggerung von Lützerath
2022
Report on current socioeconomic, demographic, energy, and socio-political challenges in carbon intensive regions
2022
Analysis of Just Transition Agreements and the Role of Coal Commissions
- cintran
2022
COP27 side event: How to accelerate the just energy transition in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions?
- Sarah Galeran
2022
Right-wing and populist support for climate mitigation policies: Evidence from Poland and its carbon-intensive Silesia region
2022
South Africa’s energy transition – Unraveling its political economy
2022
A Global South Perspective on Stranded Regions: Insights from the Decline of Coal Mining in Cesar, Colombia
- Andrea Furnaro
- Paola Yanguas-Parra
2022
From coal phase-out to net zero: Driving factors of UK climate policy
- Paula Walk
- Nora Stognief
2022
Green Energy Roadmap Colombia 2030
2022
Das Rheinische Braunkohlerevier
2022
Stromversorgung auch ohne russische Energielieferungen und trotz Atomausstiegs sicher – Kohleausstieg 2030 bleibt machbar
2022
Gasknappheit: Auswirkungen auf die Auslastung der Braunkohlekraftwerke und den Erhalt von Lützerath
2022
Integrated research framework: Transitions in carbon intensive regions
- cintran
2022
Chances and barriers for Germany’s low carbon transition
2022
Stranded Assets in the Coal Export Industry? The Case of the Australian Galilee Basin
2022
Phases of fossil fuel decline: Diagnostic framework for policy sequencing and feasible transition pathways in resource dependent regions
2022
Comparing Coal Commissions
2022
Towards a multi-scalar and multi-horizon framework of energy injustice
- Laur Kanger
- Benjamin Sovacool
2022
Capacity-building needs assessment in coal+ regions
- cintran
2022
Capacity-building needs assessment in coal+ regions and programme concept
- cintran
2022
A Just Transition Toolbox for coal regions
2022
Natural Gas as a Barrier to Sustainability Transitions? A Systematic Mapping of the Risks and Challenges
- Hanna Brauers
2022
The political economy of energy and climate policy in South Africa
2022
The political economy of coal in light of climate and mineral-energy policies – A case study from Colombia
- Lina María Puerto-Chaves
- Felipe Corral-Montoya
2022
Political economy of climate and energy policies in the United Kingdom
2022
The Political Economy of Coal
- Jan C. Steckel
- Michael Jakob
2022
Power in transitions: Gendered power asymmetries in the United Kingdom and the United States coal transitions
- Isabell Braunger
- Paula Walk
2022
Structural change in coal regions as a process of economic and social-ecological transition – Lessons learnt from structural change processes in Germany
2022
Analysis of the historical structural change in the German lignite mining area of Lusatia
2022
Analyse des historischen Strukturwandels in der Lausitz
2022
Analysis of the historical structural change in the German hard coal mining Ruhr area
2022
Analyse des historischen Strukturwandels im Ruhrgebiet
2022
Kohleausstieg 2030: Auswirkungen für den Tagebau Garzweiler II und den Erhalt von Lützerath
2021
Global Just Transition(s): From sectoral transition to systemic transformation – Workshop Report
2021
Why renewables and energy efficiency are not enough – the relevance of sufficiency in the heating sector for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C.
2021
German Just Transition: A Review of Public Policies to Assist German Coal Communities in Transition
2021
Moral rifts in the coal phase-out
- Konrad Gürtler
- Jeremias Herberg
2021
Coal transitions—part 1
2021
Barreras a la Generación Distribuida de la Energía solar en Colombia
2021
Strengthening Gender Justice in a Just Transition: A Research Agenda Based on a Systematic Map of Gender in Coal Transitions
2021
Exnovationsprozesse als sozial-ökologische Transformation?
- Jenny Kurwan
2021
Modelling social aspects of the energy transition: What is the current representation of social factors in energy models?
2021
Analyzing transitions through the lens of discourse networks: Coal phase-out in Germany
2021
Booklet: The Future of Fossil Fuels
2021
Studie zur Revision des Revierkonzeptes 2021 der LEAG
2021
Strengthening Gender Justice in a Just Transition: A Research Agenda Based on a Systematic Map of Gender in Coal Transitions
2021
Emission Pathways Towards a Low-Carbon Energy System for Europe: A Model-Based Analysis of Decarbonization Scenarios
2021
Challenges and Opportunities of Coal Phase-Out in Western Macedonia
2021
Building Bridges to a Just Transition
- Sandeep Pai
2021
Kein Grad weiter – Anpassung der Tagebauplanung im Rheinischen Braunkohlerevier zur Einhaltung der 1,5-Grad-Grenze
2021
Scaling just transitions: Legitimation strategies in coal phase-out commissions in Canada and Germany
2021
Liquefied natural gas expansion plans in Germany
2021
Hechos, realidades y perspectivas
2021
The U.S. coal sector between shale gas and renewables
- Christian Hauenstein
- Franziska Holz
2021
The death valley of coal
2021
Who are the victims of low-carbon transitions? Towards a political ecology of climate change mitigation
- Benjamin K. Sovacool
2020
Garzweiler II: Prüfung der energiewirtschaftlichen Notwendigkeit des Tagebaus
- coal exit
- Rhenish region
2020
Effects of decarbonization on the energy system and related employment effects in South Africa
2020
Understanding the Role of Subsidies in South Africa’s Coal-Based Liquid Fuel Sector
2020
Comparing coal phase-out pathways
2020
2030
- Paweł Czyżak
- Michał Hetmański
2020
Green jobs in coal regions
2020
How (not) to Phase out Coal
- Felix Heilmann
- Rebekka Popp
2020
The Toll Beyond Coal
2020
Das Lausitzer Braunkohlerevier
2020
The political economy of coal in Poland
- Hanna Brauers
- Pao-Yu Oei
2020
Securing accumulation by restoration
- Andrea Brock
2020
A Systematic Review of the Key Elements of a Just Transition For Fossil Fuel Workers
2020
Lessons from modeling 100% renewable scenarios using GENeSYS-MOD
2020
How incumbent cultural and cognitive path dependencies constrain the “Scenario Cone”: reliance on carbon dioxide removal due to techno-bias
- Isabell Braunger
- Christian Hauenstein
2020
Strukturwandel als Gelegenheit für die Lausitz
2020
Coal phase-out in Germany – Implications and policies for affected regions
2020
Best practice on financing the transition from coal in European coal regions
- Greg Arrowsmith
2020
Best practice report on labour markets, social issues and tourism
2020
Solar has greater techno-economic resource suitability than wind for replacing coal mining jobs
2020
Energy system transformation to meet NDC, 2°C, and well below 2°C targets for India
- Saritha S. Vishwanathan
- Amit Garg
2020
CoalExit Research Group Yearly Review 2019
- CoalExit Research Group
2019
Decarbonizing China’s energy system
2019
Strukturwandel als Demokratiefrage
2019
Best practice report on environmental protection and post-mining land reclamation
2019
12 Best practice factsheets on technologies
2019
Cocreación de la agenda de transición energética en el caribe colombiano
2019
Lessons from Germany’s hard coal mining phase-out: policies and transition from 1950 to 2018
2019
German voters would prefer a more ambitious timeline to phase out coal
- Adrian Rinscheid
- Rolf Wüstenhagen
2019
Das Braunkohlerevier Leipziger Land
2019
Modeling the low-carbon transition of the European energy system
2019
Environmental education in transition
2019
Women’s leadership in renewable transformation, energy justice and energy democracy
2019
Energy Democracy
- Jennie C. Stephens
- energy democracy
- renewables
2019
Futurizing politics and the sustainability of real‐world experiments
- Martin David
- Matthias Gross
2019
Moving beyond coal: Exploring and explaining the Powering Past Coal Alliance
2019
Economic Resilience of German Lignite Regions in Transition
2019
Remaking our Energy Future
2019
Just Transition for the coal-mining regions in southwestern Bulgaria
2019
Indonesia’s Coal Price Cap
2019
India’s Energy Transition
2019
G20 Coal Subsidies
2019
A new climate for Europe
2019
The German Coal Commission
- Germany
- just transition
2019
Przyszły miks energetyczny Polski
- cintran
2019
Pathways for Germany’s Low-Carbon Energy Transformation Towards 2050
2019
Analyzing Scenarios for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources in the Mexican Energy System
2019
Energy Transitions and the Future of Thermal Coal
2019
Klimaschutz und Kohleausstieg: Politische Strategien und Maßnahmen bis 2030 und darüber hinaus
2019
Chile’s decarbonization efforts
- Jorge Moreno
- Donny Holaschutz
2019
Indonesia’s Coal Dynamics
- Deon Arinaldo
- Julius Christian Adiatma
2019
The death spiral of coal in the U.S.: will changes in U.S. Policy turn the tide?
2019
Socio-Economic Considerations for a Paris Agreement-Compatible Coal Transition in South Africa
2019
European electricity sector decarbonization under different levels of foresight
2019
Prospects for powering past coal
2019
Erneuerbare Energien als Schlüssel für das Erreichen der Klimaschutzziele im Stromsektor
- CE
- transition
2019
Phasing out Coal in the German Energy Sector
2019
Prospects for steam coal exporters in the era of climate policies: a case study of Colombia
- Pao-Yu Oei
- Roman Mendelevitch
2019
The Death Spiral of Coal in the USA: Will New U.S. Energy Policy Change the Tide?
2019
Weichenstellung Kohlekonsens: Kohlevorräte ermöglichen den Erhalt des Hambacher Waldes und aller noch bedrohten Dörfer
2019
Ergebnis vom Kohlekompromiss: Der Hambacher Wald und alle Dörfer können erhalten bleiben
2019
Strukturwandel und Mobilität: Zwei Herausforderungen für Brandenburg
2018
India’s stranded assets
2018
Trace Metal Content of Coal Exacerbates Air-Pollution-Related Health Risks: The Case of Lignite Coal in Kosovo
2018
From restructuring to sustainable development
- transition
- Upper Silesia
2018
Coal transition in Poland
2018
Coal transitions in Australia
2018
Coal transitions in South Africa
2018
Coal transition in India
2018
Coal transition in China
- Teng Fei
2018
Implementing coal transitions – Insights from case studies of major coal-consuming economies
- Oliver Sartor
2018
Kohleausstieg in NRW im deutschen und europäischen Kontext – Energiewirtschaft, Klimaziele und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung
2018
Renewable Energy Sources as the Cornerstone of the German Energiewende
2018
Emission Pathways Towards a Low-Carbon Energy System for Europe
2018
Scenarios for the Coal Phase-out in Germany – A Model-Based Analysis and Implications for Supply Security
2018
Erfolgreicher Klimaschutz durch zügigen Kohleausstieg in Deutschland und Nordrhein-Westfalen
2018
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions and the Phasing-out of Coal in Germany
- Pao-Yu Oei
2018
The role of organized publics in articulating the exnovation of fossil-fuel technologies for intra- and intergenerational energy justice in energy transitions
- Martin David
2018
Prioritizing mitigation efforts considering co-benefits, equity and energy justice: Fossil fuel to renewable energy transition pathways
2018
Toward a global coal mining moratorium? A comparative analysis of coal mining policies in the USA, China, India and Australia
- Mathieu Blondeel
- Thijs van de Graaf
2018
REPORT Real People, Real Change
2018
COAL TRANSITION IN INDIA
2018
Managing coal sector transition under the ambitious emission reduction scenario in Poland
- coal
- mining
2018
Transition Policy for Climate Change Mitigation: Who, What, Why and How
- Fergus Green
2018
An historical case study on previous coal transitions in GERMANY
2018
What does “peak coal” mean for international coal exporters?
2018
Coal transition in Germany
2018
Energiewende “Made in Germany” – Low Carbon Electricity Sector Reform in the European Context
2018
The Electricity Mix in the European Low-carbon Transformation: Coal, Nuclear, and Renewables
2018
GENeSYS-MOD v2.0 – Enhancing the Global Energy System Model
2018
Embodied energy injustices
- energy justice
- injustice
2017
Scenarios for Coal-Exit in Germany
2017
Competing energy narratives in Tanzania
- Thabit Jacob
- Tanzania
2017
Designing a Model for the Global Energy System
2017
Decarbonizing the Indian Energy System until 2050
2017
Nuclear power unnecessary for climate protection – there are more cost-efficient alternatives
2017
The impact of policy measures on future power generation portfolio and infrastructure: a combined electricity and CCTS investment and dispatch model (ELCO)
- Roman Mendelevitch
- Pao-Yu Oei
2017
Designing a Global Energy System based on 100% Renewables for 2050
2017
Scenarios for decarbonizing the European electricity sector
2017
Atomkraft für Klimaschutz unnötig – Kostengünstigere Alternativen sind verfügbar
2017
Moving beyond the heuristic of creative destruction
- Martin David
2017
Financial Supports for Coal and Renewables in Indonesia
2017
Normalising corporate counterinsurgency
- Andrea Brock
- Alexander Dunlap
2017
Coal Transition in the UNITED STATES
- Irem Kok
2017
Coal Transition in the UNITED KINGDOM
- Steve Fothergill
2017
Coal Transition in the NETHERLANDS
- Ben Gales
- Rick Hölsgens
2017
Coal Transition in POLAND
- Aleksander Szpor
2017
Coal Transition in SPAIN
- Pablo del Río
2017
Coal Transition in the CZECH REPUBLIC
2017
Lessons from previous ‘COAL TRANSITIONS’
2017
Coal transitions in China’s power sector: A plant-level assessment of stranded assets and retirement pathways
2017
Prospects for a “just transition” away from coal-fired power generation in Australia: Learning from the closure of the Hazelwood Power Station
2017
Transitioning beyond coal: Lessons from the structural renewal of Europe’s old industrial regions
- Stephanie Campbell
- Lars Coenen
- Europe
2017
Strengthening national coal transitions to raise climate ambition
- Oliver Sartor
- CT
- energy
2017
Coal taxes as supply-side climate policy: a rationale for major exporters?
- climate policy
2016
Exploring Energy Pathways for the Low-Carbon Transformation in India
2016
Subsidies to Coal Power Generation in China
2016
An analytic framework to assess future electricity options in Kosovo
2016
Alternatives to the District Heating Systems of W. Macedonia
- Heating
- Macedonia
2016
The 1.5°C target and coal sector transition: at the limits of societal feasibility
2016
Roadmap for the Transition of the Western Macedonia Region to a Post-Lignite Era
- Antonis Rovolis
- Panagiotis Kalimeris
2015
Subsidies to Coal Production in China
2015
Subsidies to Coal and Renewable Energy in Turkey
2014
Braunkohleausstieg – Gestaltungsoptionen im Rahmen der Energiewende
2012
Post-Mining Regions in Central Europe
- Europe
- just transition
2012
Die Zukunft der Braunkohle in Deutschland im Rahmen der Energiewende
2011
Climate protection and a new operator: the eastern German lignite industry is changing