Just transition

Just transition is the term used to describe the transition to a climate-neutral economy while securing the future and livelihoods of workers and their communities. A just transition to a climate-neutral economy provides and guarantees better and decent jobs, social protection, more training opportunities and greater job security for all workers affected by global warming and climate change policies.

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5 December 2025

Incentivise, not restrict: Climate policy views in the Living and Working in Europe e-survey
Michele Consoliniand 2 other authors
As the EU moves toward carbon neutrality, the Just Transition Mechanism seeks to ensure this process is fair. But are people on board? The e-survey findings show that several other factors beyond environmental concern are at play here, especially when policies directly affect people’s everyday lives.
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Nua

2 December 2025

Sustainable tourism in a digital age: Implications of the twin transitions for employment, working conditions and industrial relations
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Ricardo Rodriguez Contrerasand 4 other authors
This report assesses the impact of the green and digital transitions on the EU’s tourism sector in relation to employment, skills, work organisation and working conditions. It also examines the contribution of social dialogue to addressing these challenges. The sector is both directly and indirectly affected by climate change.

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24 June 2024

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Watch the webinar - Eurofound LIVE: Is Europe's green transition in jeopardy?

Eurofound organised together with the European Environment Agency (EEA) an interactive webinar looking at the future prospects of Europe’s green transition, with a live Q&A on Thursday 4 July 2024. Time: 10:00–11:00 Irish Time / 11:00–12:00 Central European Summer Time.

2 August 2023

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Green, clean and keen to converge? A convergence analysis of environmental quality of life in the EU

This report explores the dynamics of the environmental performance of the EU Member States and the extent to which the disparities in their performance have narrowed since the early 2000s. The report is a product of cooperation between Eurofound and the European Environment Agency, with the technical expertise in convergence of the former meeting the expertise in European environmental issues of the latter. It focuses on three levels of analysis: headline indicators, residential-level indicators and household-level indicators. In order to explore the multifaceted issue of environmental quality of life in the EU, the report investigates environmental indicators through a convergence analysis. The results suggest that the EU is on the right track to becoming carbon neutral, although the speed of the greening process varies among the Member States. A fast and steady improvement in performance can be seen for most of the indicators. One noteworthy finding is that the economic downturns of the past two decades negatively affected the household-level indicators examined, which focused on energy poverty.

19 July 2023

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Supporting regions in the just transition: Role of social partners

This report investigates the involvement of social partners in the just transition to a climate-neutral economy, with a particular focus on the territorial just transition plans. These plans aim to support the regions most negatively affected by the just transition by assisting workers to retrain, relocate and find other jobs, and also support industries that need to phase out fossil fuels or other greenhouse gas-intensive activities. The role and input of the social partners in these plans and their views on the just transition are explored. An analysis of social dialogue practices and examples of collective agreements shows the range of topics covered by the social partners. The report also investigates the role of the energy crisis in the just transition and how it has contributed to delays in the implementation of territorial just transition plans in certain Member States.

Saineolaithe maidir le Just transition

Soláthraíonn taighdeoirí Eurofound léargas saineolaithe agus is féidir teagmháil a dhéanamh leo le haghaidh ceisteanna nó fiosrúcháin ó na meáin.

Marianna Baggio

Research officer
Social policies research

Is oifigeach taighde í Marianna Baggio san aonad Beartais Shóisialta ag Eurofound, ag obair ar ghnéithe den Suirbhé Eorpach ar Cháilíocht na Beatha (EQLS), chomh maith le hábhair thrédhearcacht pá inscne agus cúram neamhfhoirmiúil. Sula ndeachaigh sí isteach i Eurofound, d'fhóin sí mar anailísí beartais ag an Ionad Inniúlachta um Léargais Iompraíochta de chuid Lárionad Comhpháirteach Taighde an Choimisiúin Eorpaigh. D'oibrigh sí mar iardhochtúireacht in Ollscoil Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Milano) agus in Ollscoil Trento. Tugann sí taithí fhairsing freisin ó ról roimhe seo mar oifigeach freagrachta sóisialta corparáidí (CSR) san Afraic Theas. Tá PhD san Eacnamaíocht agus sa Bhainistíocht ag Marianna ó Ollscoil Trento, ag speisialtóireacht in eacnamaíocht iompraíochta.

Massimiliano Mascherini

Head of Unit
Social policies research

Tá Massimiliano Mascherini ina Cheann ar an aonad Beartais Shóisialta ag Eurofound ó mhí Dheireadh Fómhair 2019. Chuaigh sé isteach in Eurofound in 2009 mar bhainisteoir taighde, ag dearadh agus ag comhordú tionscadail maidir le fostaíocht don aos óg, NEETanna agus a gcuimsiú sóisialta, chomh maith le rannpháirtíocht na mban sa mhargadh saothair. In 2017, ceapadh é ina bhainisteoir taighde sinsearach san aonad Beartais Shóisialta, áit a raibh sé i gceannas ar thaighde nua maidir le monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar chóineasú san AE. Chomh maith leis an obair ar an Suirbhé Eorpach ar Cháilíocht na Beatha, tá sé i gceannas ar ullmhú agus ar anailís na r-shuirbhéanna COVID-19 freisin. Roimhe sin, bhí sé ina oifigeach eolaíoch ag an Airmheán Comhpháirteach Taighde den Choimisiún Eorpach. Rinne sé staidéar in Ollscoil Florence, áit a ndearna sé staidéar sna heolaíochtaí achtúireacha agus staitistiúla agus bhain sé PhD amach i Staitisticí Feidhmeacha. Bhí sé ina chomhalta ar cuairt in Ollscoil Sydney agus in Ollscoil Aalborg agus ina ollamh ar cuairt ag Acadamh Pontifical na nEolaíochtaí Sóisialta.

Tina Weber

Senior research manager
Working life research

Tina Weber is a senior research manager in Eurofound’s Working Life unit. Her work has focused on labour shortages, the impact of hybrid work and an ‘always on’ culture and the right to disconnect, working conditions and social protection measures for self-employed workers and the impact of the twin transitions on employment, working conditions and industrial relations. She is responsible for studies assessing the representativeness of European social partner organisations. She has also carried out research on European Works Councils and the evolution of industrial relations and social dialogue in the European Union. Prior to joining Eurofound in 2019, she worked for a private research institute primarily carrying out impact assessments and evaluations of EU labour law and labour market policies. Tina holds a PhD in Political Sciences from the University of Edinburgh which focussed on the role of national trade unions and employers’ organisations in the European social dialogue.

Stavroula Demetriades

Senior research manager
Employment research

Is bainisteoir taighde sinsearach í Stavroula Demetriades san aonad Fostaíochta ag Eurofound. Tá sí freagrach as taighde i réimsí an aistrithe ghlais agus chóir, idirphlé sóisialta, cleachtais bhainistíochta, nuálaíocht agus obair hibrideach. Tá PhD aici sa tSocheolaíocht ó Ollscoil Aalborg, an Danmhairg. Tá MSc aici freisin i mBeartais Eacnamaíochta ó Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath agus MSc i bhForbairt Réigiúnach ó Ollscoil na hAithne. Sula ndeachaigh sí isteach i Eurofound i 1999, d'oibrigh sí in institiúidí taighde, i bpoist éagsúla san earnáil phoiblí agus san earnáil phríobháideach, agus rinne sí staidéir eagraíochtúla agus socheacnamaíocha. I measc na bpríomhspéiseanna taighde atá aici tá an t-aistriú glas agus cóir, bainistíocht acmhainní daonna, córais oibre, nuálaíocht, fostaíocht agus idirphlé sóisialta. Is ollamh cúnta í freisin sa Scoil Ghnó sa Choláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath.

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