What does Just Transition mean for middle-income countries?

Fifty years after the first United Nations conference on the environment, held in Stockholm in 1972, many of the concerns at the intersection between environment and development continue to be relevant as countries are confronted with the depth of the transformations required to transition towards greener, more resilient and climate-neutral economies and societies. It has become increasingly evident that, for this transition to be successful, it has to be done in a way that, among other challenges, addresses socioeconomic disparities and avoids creating new ones – the concept of a “Just Transition.”

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