This paper compares different just transition pathways in China, the European Union and the United States of America by comparing the current state of the coal sector and just transition policies away from coal. How can social justice in the energy transition be achieved under different models...

The regulated price mechanism in China's power industry has attracted much criticism because of its incapability to optimize the allocation of resources. To build an "open, orderly, competitive and complete" power market system, the Chinese government launched an unprecedented marketization...

The reduction of carbon emissions will require a rapid phasing out of coal and the displacement of millions of coal miners. How much could this energy transition cost mining workers? We use the dramatic collapse of the UK coal industry to estimate the long-term impact on displaced miners. We...