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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Groene gedragsbeleid in de EU in kaart brengen
Dit artikel brengt in kaart in hoeverre lidstaten capaciteit hebben opgebouwd om dergelijk gedragsmatig geïnformeerd beleid te ontwikkelen en in te voeren. Het vindt aanzienlijke verschillen binnen de EU, met een zorgwekkend patroon: de landen onder de grootste transitiedruk zijn vaak het minst toegerust om mensgerichte beleidsmaatregelen te ontwerpen die dit zouden verlichten.IT-sector in focus: Evolutie van de digitale EU-beroepsbevolking
De ICT-sector stimuleert digitalisering en AI-adoptie in heel Europa, maar tekorten aan geschoolde arbeidskrachten remmen de groei ervan. Dit rapport onderzoekt werkgelegenheid en arbeidsomstandigheden voor ICT-specialisten en de uitdagingen die een van de meest kritieke sectoren van de EU vormgeven.Social implications of the just transition: Citizen support, behavioural adaptation, and policy impact in Europe
This research report examines Europeans’ experiences of the green transition at a time when competitiveness has become a central EU policy priority. Using quantitative analysis of EU-wide data, it identifies who supports green policies, who is changing behaviour, and who risks being left behind. Combining this with a comparative policy analysis across all 27 Member States, including reflections on the use of behavioural insights in green public policy, the report highlights critical gaps and provides evidence-based guidance for aligning competitiveness with an effective and equitable green transition.Eurofound's research is shaped by the key challenges for social cohesion and a just transition in a changing environment. It covers the areas of working conditions, industrial relations, employment and living conditions, providing evidence that can assist policy action.
Main topics linked with the move towards a just transition include working conditions and sustainable work, employment and labour markets, digitalisation, the future of manufacturing, people’s living conditions and well-being, restructuring, skills and training and youth, among others. Research findings could potentially feed into the work of the Just Transition Platform, which assists EU Member States and regions to unlock the support available through the Just Transition Mechanism.
Eurofound also collaborates with the European Environment Agency (EEA) on research around the transition to a climate-neutral economy, in particular environmental and socioeconomic convergence.
A just transition at European level focuses on two core issues for transition, moving towards a green and digital Europe where no one will be left behind.
As a committed party to the Paris Climate Agreement, the EU submitted its long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategy to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in March 2020. It sets out the extent of the transition across sectors and regions and lays the ground for designing a just transition.
European Commission: 2050 long-term strategyopens in new tab
Green and digital transition
At the heart of the EU’s long-term strategy is the European Green Deal, which is one of six European Commission priorities for 2019–2024 and the compass to guide Member States towards a green transition that is fair for all citizens. It will contribute to the financing of the transition that Europe faces through its Just Transition Mechanism. In the political guidelines for the next European Commission 2024–2029, Ursula von der Leyen reiterated the importance of staying the course with the European Green Deal goals and committed to a significant increase in funding for a just transition across the next long-term budget. This will go hand in hand with the development of a Quality Jobs Roadmap.
European Commision: Political Guidelines 2024–2029opens in new tab
Responding to the way digital technology is changing our lives, another Commission priority is to create a Europe fit for the digital age, leading the transition to a healthy planet and a new digital world through its European Digital Strategy.
Strong social Europe for just transitions
In January 2020, the European Commission presented its Communication ‘A strong social Europe for just transitions’. This vision to reinforce social Europe prepared the way for an Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights, which is the European social strategy to make sure that the ‘transitions of climate neutrality, digitalisation and demographic change are socially fair and just’.
Eurofound’s work related to the just transition links in with several of the Commission’s 2019–2024 priorities, and is highly relevant here.
European Commission: A European Green Dealopens in new tab
European Commission: An economy that works for peopleopens in new tab
European Commission: A Europe fit for the digital ageopens in new tab
Dit is een selectie van de meest relevante resultaten voor dit onderwerp.
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2 August 2023
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
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.
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Marianna Baggio
Research officerMarianna Baggio is onderzoeksmedewerker bij de eenheid Sociaal Beleid van Eurofound, waar ze zich bezighoudt met aspecten van de Europese enquête over de kwaliteit van het bestaan (EQLS) en met de thema's loontransparantie en informele zorg. Voordat ze bij Eurofound in dienst trad, werkte ze als beleidsanalist bij het Competence Centre for Behavioural Insights van het Gemeenschappelijk Centrum voor Onderzoek van de Europese Commissie. Ze heeft als postdoc gewerkt aan de Universiteit Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Milaan) en de Universiteit van Trento. Ze brengt ook uitgebreide ervaring mee uit een eerdere rol als functionaris voor maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen (MVO) in Zuid-Afrika. Marianna heeft een doctoraat in Economie en Management van de Universiteit van Trento, gespecialiseerd in gedragseconomie.
Massimiliano Mascherini
Head of UnitMassimiliano Mascherini is sinds oktober 2019 hoofd van de afdeling Sociaal Beleid bij Eurofound. Hij trad in 2009 in dienst bij Eurofound als onderzoeksmanager, waar hij projecten ontwierp en coördineerde over jeugdwerkgelegenheid, NEETs en gendergelijkheid. In 2017 werd hij senior onderzoeksmanager en leidde hij nieuw onderzoek naar monitoring van convergentie in de EU. Daarnaast leidde hij de conceptualisering van de Europese Levenskwaliteitsenquête van 2026. In 2025 ontving hij de Brendan Walsh-prijs voor het beste artikel gepubliceerd in Economic and Social Review. Eerder was hij wetenschappelijk medewerker bij het Joint Research Centre van de Europese Commissie. Hij studeerde aan de Universiteit van Florence, waar hij actuariële en statistische wetenschappen studeerde en een PhD behaalde in toegepaste statistiek. In 2014 behaalde hij een wetenschappelijke kwalificatie als universitair hoofddocent Sociale Statistiek en Demografie van het Italiaanse Ministerie van Universiteit en Onderzoek. Hij was gastonderzoeker aan de Universiteit van Sydney en aan de Universiteit van Aalborg en gastprofessor aan de Pauselijke Academie van Sociale Wetenschappen.
Tina Weber
Senior research managerTina 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 managerStavroula Demetriades is senior onderzoeksmanager bij de eenheid Werkgelegenheid bij Eurofound. Ze is verantwoordelijk voor onderzoek op het gebied van de groene en rechtvaardige transitie, sociale dialoog, managementpraktijken, innovatie en hybride werk. Ze heeft een doctoraat in de sociologie van de Universiteit van Aalborg, Denemarken. Ze heeft ook een MSc in Economic Policies van Trinity College Dublin en een MSc in Regional Development van de Universiteit van Athene. Voordat ze in 1999 bij Eurofound in dienst trad, werkte ze in onderzoeksinstituten, op verschillende posten in de publieke en private sector, en deed ze organisatorische en sociaaleconomische studies. Haar belangrijkste onderzoeksinteresses omvatten de groene en rechtvaardige transitie, human resource management, arbeidssystemen, innovatie, werkgelegenheid en sociale dialoog. Ze is ook adjunct-professor aan de Business School van University College Dublin.
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