Holding the Line: New INCLO just transition briefing report

We seem to be witnessing a paradox: institutional and legal progress toward just transitions is unprecedented, while the geopolitical context seems to distance us from translating those standards into reality. To explore that tension and the possibilities around it, INCLO organized a series of public webinars, Holding the Line: Advocating for just energy transitions amid democratic backsliding, which yielded the content for this new report. 

These were three conversations between INCLO members from Argentina, Australia, Colombia, Hungary, and India, along with experts from academia and civil society, in the lead-up to COP31 and the second Fossil Fuel Conference in Tuvalu. The combination of local and global perspectives opened discussions on possible pathways to bring global advances on just transition into national and local contexts, amid democratic challenges.

This report synthesizes the main ideas and proposals that came up during the three sessions. Through this effort, we aim to bring together local and global reflections on the challenges we face today, while also shedding light on potential avenues to keep advocating for a transition centered on people’s rights.

INCLO thanks the media outlet Mongabay and journalists David Akana and Justin Catanoso for their support in the moderation of the series, as well as the speakers who generously participated in the discussions: Ayshka Najib (People’s Climate Diplomacy Program), Peter Newell (University of Sussex), Manuel Tufró (CELS), Attila Szabó, (HCLU), Maria Ron Balsera (ECSR), Amiera Sawas (Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative), Rodrigo Uprimny (Dejusticia), Sergio Chaparro (Tax Justice Initiative), Mariana Campos (World’s Youth for Climate Justice), Mateo Adarve Zuluaga (Oxfam), Jack McLean (HRLC), and Snigdha Tiwari (HRLN).