Our new Just Transition Framework, based on case studies from Chile, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Vietnam, identifies seven systemic patterns that undermine progress:

1️⃣ Climate finance prioritises technical fixes over social justice

2️⃣ National plans lack local delivery systems

3️⃣ Consultation does not equal power

4️⃣ Data gaps erase the most vulnerable

5️⃣ International partnerships enable and constrain

6️⃣ Green supply chains reproduce old injustices

7️⃣ Institutional fragility threatens progress

To solve these issues, a fundamental shift in how international support is designed, resourced, and governed is needed. It needs to shift from technical to integrated, consultative to participatory, and project-based to systemic.

This report isn’t just a diagnosis, it’s a call to action for policymakers, funders, and advocates to support:
✔ Justice-aligned climate finance: prioritising social outcomes, not just emissions cuts.
✔ Subnational capacity-building: ensuring regions most affected by transitions have the tools to deliver.
✔ Meaningful participation: moving beyond consultation to real decision-making power.
✔ Data systems that see everyone: tracking informal labour, gender impacts, and non-economic losses.
✔ Durable institutions supporting long-term progress, not just short-term projects.

Read more in the full Framework, authored by Steven J. Harry