The phase-out of coal in Portugal in 2021 was celebrated politically as a milestone in climate leadership.
Within the scope of the ClimatEquality, project the CoLABOR researchers Sara Nunes , Frederico Cantante , Pedro Estêvão, Franco Tomassoni, and Tânia Almeida participated in the article “ Between rhetoric and reality: Governance of just transition in Portugal's coal phase-out”, published in the journal “Energy Research & Social Science”, co-authored with Ricardo Moreira and Vera Ferreira.
This articlequestions the governance of the process using a Just Transition framework, analyzing the relationships between political commitments, institutional implementation, administrative outcomes, and the experiences of workers.
You can read the full article here.