Week 4

Question 1

Climate change just transitions trade-off

Answer 1

adaption
mitigation
sustainable development that is needed

Question 2

Transitions

Answer 2

Context specific and multiple can happen at once. Depend on willigness, agency, development priorities, capacity, governance and policy arrangements

Question 3

JUST transition

Answer 3

Justice: distributional, procedural, resorative
Universal: recognition, cosmopolitarianism
Space: local, national or international
Time: speed and timeline

Question 4

Distributional justice

Answer 4

specific impacts and subjects that are most affected, the evidence needed for distributive justice

Question 5

Distributive justice

Answer 5

Sharing of benefits and burdens

Question 6

Procedural justice

Answer 6

ensuring demands of minorities

Question 7

Restorative justice

Answer 7

recognize present and historial inequalities

Question 8

Climate finance (justice and equity)

Answer 8

Low adaptive capacity countries will need to see a shift in burden of responsibility as they are not equipped to take it on

Question 9

Energy paradox of Africa

Answer 9

They have a lot of oil but still not everyone has energy

Question 10

Fossil fuels in Africa

Answer 10

Can be utilized as transitional asset to create short term funding and industralization for human capital while planning for renewable energy

Question 11

Just transitions blindspots

Answer 11

• stranded assets
• economic and trade implications
• political economy
• energy security

Question 12

Problems in Africa

Answer 12

False dichotomy: fossils or RE not and
They still need oil for their industralization but already get a strong regulation and mitigation
If oil get stranded they have nothing else
People need to leave for work
No social security
Gender inequality

Question 13

Political economy

Answer 13

• Distribution of wealth
• How goods and services are produced
• Who owns what
• which ideas, power and resources are conceptualized, negotiated and implemented

Question 14

5 pillars of recommendation of green transition and dimensions

Answer 14

• Decarbonization
• Diversification
• Democratization
• Decentralization
• Digitalization
  Dimensions: time, capacity, agency, scope, inclusion

Question 15

5 traditions of planetary justice framework

Answer 15

Liberal egalitarianism
Cosmopolitan theories
Capabilities approach
Liberatarianism view
Critical perspectives

Question 16

Liberal egalitarianism

Answer 16

value of equality, personal freedom and personal responsibility
justice: national welfare state
borders are important
Social positions are there but are not part of the problem

Question 17

Cosmopolitan theories

Answer 17

Global fair distribution
Global citizenship (no borders)
Justice: global satisfaction of human needs, global governance

Question 18

Capabilities approach

Answer 18

Interpersonal differrences among people
Justice: everyone should have access to the same capabilities
norms and religion are important

Question 19

Libertarianism view

Answer 19

Free market
No governance intervention
only philantrophy as redistribution of wealth

Question 20

Critical perspectives

Answer 20

Break down of suppressive structures
Gives a voice to minorities
Justice: national oppressive structures need to be broken down everywhere and rich should help poor globally
Personal norms and morals are important

Question 21

4 risks of making a B team

Answer 21

B team: TNO leaders that focus on being green
- policy and legal risk
- technology risk
- market risk
- reputation risk

Question 22

Steps toward just transition

Answer 22

Enterprise-wide process that plans emissions reduction efforts through; retention and redeployment, skills training, new job creation, social inclusion, community renewal

engage
plan
enact

Question 23

Tensions that emerg with just transition and activism

Answer 23

Sustainability inclusivity
Sustainability recognition
Sustainability equity

Question 24

Sustainability inclusivity tension

Answer 24

rapid and bold policy vs maximizing procedural justice and access to decision making for everyone
—> timely and bold action

Just transition
Sustainable exclusivity (action no incl.)
Inclusive inertia (incl no action)
Unsustainable exclusivity

Question 25

Sustainability recognition tension

Answer 25

Sustainability performance vs recognition of diverse value systems and rights (for minorities and rich) —> measurable and verifiable + include all non-commodified resources Just transition Sust mis recognition (time + sust no recog) Unsust recognition (recog but no sust) Unsust mis recognition

Question 26

Sustainability equity tension

Answer 26

achieving sustainability performance vs equitable distribution of benefits and burdens —> max environmental impact + min economic impact Just transition Sust inequity (sust only for the rich) Unsust equity (no sust but for all) Unsust inequity

Question 27

3 guidance for just transition

Answer 27

1. There might be tradeoffs between procedural justice and sustainability but does not have to be bad 2. Prioritizing sustainability will not always produce the most socially favored conditions 3. Focus on labor unjustice during the transition

Question 28

justice and equity climate change crisis

Answer 28

burden is experiences differently across societal sectors indigenous communities face multiple threads and are subject to myriad power dynamics

Question 29

What do the frameworks answer (egilti etc.) (3)

Answer 29

- subjects of justice and their relationships - The metrics and principles of justice - Which mechanism should be used/supported to achieve justice

Question 30

Corporate environmentalism 2 ways of looking

Answer 30

Timing: 3 political objectives Storyline: 5 components

Question 31

Timing of corporate environmentalism

Answer 31

- legitimize activities + safeguard business social license to operate in face of climate change - increase corporate power on problem definition with climate governance - define the economic/tech solutions + (non)regulations to tackle this issue

Question 32

5 components of environmentalism storyline

Answer 32

- initial situation - complications - possible reaction + likely course of action - resolution - final situation

Question 33

Frustrated hero

Answer 33

Businesses all start their storyline as frustrated hero —> willing to do more with the right regulations: regulation for business with business instead of just implementing regulations

Question 34

3 principles for just transition International Chamber of Commerce

Answer 34

1. Include into nationally determined contributions 2. General public policy recommendation: training, income etc. 3. Include business as deliverer of just transition (businesses as key stakeholders)