COP 29 Just Transition Event Round-up: A comprehensive guide
Just transition will be high on the agenda at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) which is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024.
From high-level round tables to official side events to country pavilions, there are more than 80 just transition events at this year’s COP 29. Here’s our comprehensive guide.
Some events can be attended virtually. All event times are given in AZT (GMT+4).
November 11
Just Transition as Reparations: Upholding human rights and self-determination of people
Time/Location: 14:30–15:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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Just Resilience: Just transitions towards a more equal and climate-resilient society
Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, SIDE EVENT 7
Organisers: Climate Strategies; Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI); Trinidad and Tobago
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November 12
Climate Change, Just Transition, and Labour Force Implications
Time/Location: 10:00–11:00, Just Transition Pavilion
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Exchanging Approaches to Societal Engagement within the Climate Transition
Time/Location: 13:30–15:00, BENELUX-EIB Pavilion
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Consultation on Just Transition and Human Rights
Time/Location: 14:30–15:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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Indigenous Climate Leadership: Just transition, youth engagement, and indigenous solutions
Time/Location: 14:30–15:30, Canada Pavilion
Organiser: York University
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Spreading Youth Climate Councils Globally: An effective mechanism for meaningful youth inclusion in climate policy-making
Time/Location: 15:30–16:15, Nordic Pavilion
Organiser: Youth Climate Council (YCC) Global Alliance
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Enhancing Energy Access for a Just Transition in Africa
Time/Location: 16:00–17:00, Just Transition Pavilion
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Towards Real, People-led, Gender Just Solutions
Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, SIDE EVENT 9
Organisers: IBON International Foundation, Inc. (IBON); Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD); Corporate Accountability International; ESCR-Net- International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
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November 13
Just Transition Across Borders: Sharing perspectives, forging partnerships
Time/Location: 10:00–11:00, Philippines Pavilion
Organiser: Asian Development Bank
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Youth, Children, Education, and Skills
Time/Location: 10:30–11:45, Global Renewables Hub
Organiser: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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The Role of Jobs and Skills in Transitioning to a Green Economy
Time/Location: 12:00, Australian Pavilion
Organiser: LinkedIn
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How New NDCs May Deliver Just Energy Transitions?
Time/Location: 13:30–14:30, WWF Pavilion
Organiser: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Turkey
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Just Transition at Grootvlei Power station and project opportunities and implementation
Time/Location: 14:15–15:15, South Africa Pavilion
Organiser: Dipaliseng Just Energy Transition Task Force
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NDCs and Just Transition: Research perspectives by Nigerian workers
Time/Location: 14:30–15:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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Powering the Future: Advancing women’s leadership and resilient workforce in Ukraine’s energy sector
Time/Location: 14:30–16:00, Ukraine Pavilion
Organiser: UNDP
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Driving Gender-just Energy Transition through Financing and Capacity Building in the Global South
Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, SIDE EVENT 1
Organisers: United Nations University (UNU); Fundación Avina (AVINA); International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
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Fully Funded, Fair, Fast, and Feminist Phase-out of Fossil Fuels in the United States
Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, SIDE EVENT 5
Organisers: Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE); Care About Climate, Inc; International Forum on Globalization Inc. (IFG); U.S. Climate Action Network (USCAN)
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November 14
Launch of Just Energy Transition Funding Platform
Time/Location: 13:00–14:30, South Africa Pavilion
Organiser: Just Energy Transition Project Management Unit
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Building Trust and Scaling Action through the International Standards System for a Just Transition
Time/Location: 13:15–14:45, SIDE EVENT 1
Organisers: British Standards Institution (BSI); International Accreditation Forum, Inc. (IAF); International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); University of Oxford
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Means of Implementation for the Transition: A new priority for business
Time/Location: 14:00–15:00, IOE Employers & Green Skills Pavilion
Organiser: International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
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Today for Future Youth Inclusive Action to Accelerate Just Energy Transition
Time/Location: 15:30–16:50, Indonesia Pavilion
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Financing the Just Transition Across the Global South
Time/Location: 16:00–16:45, UAE Pavilion
Organiser: HSBC
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Just Energy Transition in Africa: Exploring the role of SMEs in this journey
Time/Location: 16:00–17:00, South Africa Pavilion
Organiser: United Nations High-Level Champions
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Innovative Research and Engagement Strategies for a Just Transition in the Global South
Time/Location: 16:00–17:00, Just Transition Pavilion
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NDC Ambition and Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels in a Just, Orderly and Equitable Manner
Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, SIDE EVENT 3
Organisers: Climate Analytics GmbH; Climatepolicy.net e.V.; Environmental Defence Canada Inc.; Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB); International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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Governance. Legal and finance innovations in just and equitable transitions
Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, SIDE EVENT 4
Organisers: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); Real Instituto Elcano (RIE); University of Cape Town (UCT)
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Towards a Transformative, People-centered Energy Transition
Time/Location: 18:00–19:30, IGAD Pavilion
Organiser: Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
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Resources to Achieve a Just Transition: Levers and limits
Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, SIDE EVENT 2
Organisers: ParisTech (ParisTech); Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement (CIRED); Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech)
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November 15
The Youth Outlook on More Inclusive and Just Energy Transitions
Time/Location: 9:00–10:00, Canada Pavilion
Organiser: SDG7 Youth Constituency
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Scaling Just Transition Finance in Oil and Gas Producing Countries
Time/Location: 9:30–11:00, Joint MDB Pavilion
Organisers: Asian Development Bank; Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
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Implementing the Accelerating Coal Transition Investment Programme: Lessons learned
Time/Location: 10:00–11:00, South Africa Pavilion
Organiser: Just Energy Transition Project Management Unit
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Solutions Dialogue: Scaling energy transition solutions in emerging markets
Time/Location: 10:15–11:15, Canada Pavilion
Organiser: Powering Past Coal Alliance
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Making the Just Energy Transition Practical: The intersection of skills and investment in South Africa
Time/Location: 11:15–11:00, South Africa Pavilion
Organisers: National Business Initiative; Danish Industry
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Social Dialogue for Fair Outcomes on Human Mobility and a Just Transition
Time/Location: 11:30–12:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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Leaving No One Behind: Renewable energy solutions for remote and underserved communities
Time/Location: 12:45–13:45, Canada Pavilion
Organiser: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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Untapped Potential: The place of just transition in NECPs
Time/Location: 13:00–14:00, Ukraine Pavilion
Organisers: NGO Ecoaction; Energy Community Secretariat; Bankwatch; Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
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Green Skills Development: Key enablers and experiences from business
Time/Location: 13:00–14:15, IOE Employers & Green Skills Pavilion
Organiser: International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
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Global Changes and Local Contexts: An inclusive green transition for mining regions
Time/Location: 13:00–14:30, Online
Organiser: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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Designing for Fairness and Affordability in Clean Energy Transitions
Time/Location: 14:30–16:00, German Climate Pavilion
Organisers: International Energy Agency (IEA); German Federal Foreign Office
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Komati Lessons Learnt and Implementation at Grootvlei power station
Time/Location: 15:15–16:45, South Africa Pavilion
Organisers: Eskom
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Enabling a People-Centered Energy Transition with Renewables and the Mining Industry
Time/Location: 16:30–17:15, Global Renewables Hub Pavilion
Organisers: Global Renewables Alliance (GRA); International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
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Just Transition: Perspectives from the Mediterranean Region and Global South
Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, SIDE EVENT 6
Organisers: Islamic Development Bank (IsDB); Global Ethical Finance Initiative Limited (GEFI); Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS)
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November 16
Unpacking Just Transition: Key elements and insights from the JT work programme
Time/Location: 10:00–11:30, German Climate Pavilion
Organisers: Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund; ITUC Just Transition Centre
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Realising Decent Jobs and Social Inclusion in the Clean Energy Workforce
Time/Location: 11:30–12:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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Building Green Skills: Equipping Mediterranean talent for the green jobs era
Time/Location: 12:30–13:30, Mediterranean Pavilion
Organiser: Interreg NEXT MED
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Skilling for JET: Empowering communities for just and sustainable futures
Time/Location: 13:00–14:00, South Africa Pavilion
Organiser: National Business Initiative
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NDCs 3.0: Labour Market Policies, Skills Development and Employer Priorities
Time/Location: 14:30–15:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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Power to the People: Fostering community voices in South Africa’s energy transition
Time/Location: 14:45–15:45, South Africa Pavilion
Organisers: Indalo Inclusive South Africa NPC; Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA); Dipaleseng Just Energy Transition Task Team; Komati Steering Committee
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Dialogue and Partnerships for Just Transitions: Faith, labour, and policy
Time/Location: 16:00–17:00, Just Transition Pavilion
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Renewable Energy Transformation: From tripling to 100%
Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, SIDE EVENT 7
Organisers: World Wind Energy Association (WWEA); Confederation of Indian Industry (CII); World Bioenergy Association (WBA)
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November 18
Implementing Lessons from Just Transition Work Programme: Capacity-building, financing and enterprise policies
Time/Location: 10:00–11:15, IOE Employers & Green Skills Pavilion
Organiser: International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
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Elevating Voices, Empowering Youth: Intergenerational dialogue to enable innovative climate policy
Time/Location: 10:30, Australian Pavilion
Organiser: Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Advancing Just Transition: The role of legislation and reflections from labour
Time/Location: 10:30–11:30, Canada Pavilion
Organiser: Natural Resources Canada
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Fixing just energy transition partnerships
Time/Location: 11:30–12:30 Just Transition Pavilion
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Lessons and Experiences Sharing on Transitions from Coal: Case studies from coal regions
Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, SIDE EVENT 1
Organisers: Coshare Environment; Agora Think Tanks gGmbH; Gansu “Green Camel Bell” Environment and Development Center (Green Camel Bell)
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Just Transition – A fairness discourse for enhancing adaptation and improving social resilience
Time/Location: 13:15–14:45, SIDE EVENT 5
Organisers: University of Durham; International Environmental Communication Association (IECA)
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Community Energy: Widely sharing benefits
Time/Location: 13:30–14:45, Global Renewables Hub
Organiser: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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Labor Policies for Inclusive, Climate-Resilient Workforce in Europe and Central Asia
Time/Location: 14:00–14:45, World Bank Group Pavilion
Organiser: World Bank
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Accelerating Mpumalanga’s Just Energy Transition: Empowering green and inclusive enterprise
Time/Location: 14:00–15:00, South Africa Pavilion
Organisers: Indalo Inclusive South Africa NPC; Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA); Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE); and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Accelerating Green Skills for a New Economy
Time/Location: 14:30–15:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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Green Industrial Planning: 2025 and beyond
Time/Location: 14:30–15:30, Canada Pavilion
Organiser: Canadian Labour Congress
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Second Annual High-Level Ministerial Round Table on Just Transition
Time/Location: 15:00–18:00, Meeting Room 11, Area C
Organiser: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
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Pan-African Approaches to Achieving a Just Transition to 100% Renewable Energy in Africa
Time/Location: 15:00–16:30, SIDE EVENT 8
Organisers: Power Shift Africa (PSA); University of Technology, Sydney (UTS); World Future Council (WFC)
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Exploring Multilateral Approaches to Just Energy Transition and Industrialisation in Global South
Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, SIDE EVENT 3
Organisers: Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN); Both ENDS Foundation (BE)
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November 19
Progressing a just and equitable transition – insights and challenges
Time/Location: 09:30–11:00, Joint MDB Pavilion
Organisers: EBRD
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Overview of Mpumalanga Just Transition landscape opportunities and implementation
Time/Location: 13:15–14:15, South Africa Pavilion
Organisers: Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs
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Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
Time/Location: 13:15–14:45, SIDE EVENT 2
Organisers: Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN); California College of the Arts (CCA); Ithaca College; The Gaia Foundation
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Equitable Climate Action: Laws, policies and finance for an inclusive and accountable transition
Time/Location: 13:15–14:45, SIDE EVENT 6
Organisers: Transparency International (TI); Associação Ambiental YCL – Youth Climate Leaders (YCL); Indalo Inclusive South Africa NPC; Legal Response Initiative (LRI); National University of Singapore (NUS); United Kingdom Youth Climate Coalition Limited (UKYCC)
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Jobs, Skills, and the Green Transition
Time/Location: 14:30–16:00, Online
Organiser: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Integrating NCQG and NDCs for Renewable Energy, Job Creation, and Economic Growth
Time/Location: 15:00–16:30, SIDE EVENT 6
Organisers: 350.org; Center for Biological Diversity (CBD); Greenpeace International (GREENPEACE); Human Rights Foundation of Aotearoa New Zealand (HRF); Oil Change International (OCI)
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Strengthening the Voice of Indigenous Peoples in Just Transitions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Time/Location: 16:00–17:00, Just Transition Pavilion
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The Future of Work in a Just Energy Transition
Time/Location: 16:30–17:45, Global Renewables Hub
Organiser: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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Heritage and Cultural Climate Education for a New Leadership on Adaptation and Just Transition
Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, SIDE EVENT 1
Organisers: Energies 2050; Climate Institute
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November 20
Local Climate Solutions Towards 100% Renewables – Gender matters
Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, SIDE EVENT 2
Organisers: International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE); Integrated Sustainable Energy and Ecological Development Association (INSEDA); Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy (NFVE); Sustainable Environmental Development Watch (SusWatch); SustainableEnergy (SE)
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Advancing a “Just” Business Role in Energy Transitions – Lessons from emerging and developing economies
Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, South Africa Pavilion
Organisers: Institute for Human Rights and Business; NBI; BSR; B-Team and We Mean Business Coalition
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Winning Big for Just Transition at COP30 – A multistakeholder conversation
Time/Location: 11:30–12:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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Climate, Care and Gender
Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, SIDE EVENT 7
Organisers: Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO); Climate Action Network South-East Asia (CANSEA); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. (FES); GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice e.V. (GenderCC); Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS); LIFE e.V.; Réseau Action Climat – France (RAC-F)
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Beyond Big Banks: Financing decentralised climate solutions for the Global South
Time/Location: 13:15–14:45, SIDE EVENT 1
Organisers: LAYA; Gram Saarthi (GS); South Central India Network for Development Alternatives (SCINDeA)
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From Vision to Practice for a Just Transition for All – Part 1
Time/Location: 14:00–17:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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Implementing the Just Energy Transition in Local Government
Time/Location: 15:00–16:15, South Africa Pavilion
Organiser: South African Local Government Association
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Oceania First Nations Leadership: How communities are taking on dangerous distractions
Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, SIDE EVENT 6
Organisers: Climate Action Network Australia (CANA); P3 Foundation (P3F)
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November 21
From Vision to Practice for a Just Transition for All – Part 2
Time/Location: 9:00–13:00, Just Transition Pavilion
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Building awareness and Entrepreneurship opportunities for a Gender Equal and Inclusive Just Transition in eMalahleni Local Municipality
Time/Location: 10:00–11:00, South Africa Pavilion
Organisers: Emalahleni Local Municipality
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Community Inclusivity is the Key Mechanism to Drive the Just Transition and a Green Future
Time/Location: 13:00–14:30, South Africa Pavilion
Organiser: Ward 4 Komati Steering Committee
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Pathways to a Just Transition: Fostering global collaboration, driving local action
Time/Location: 13:15–14:45, SIDE EVENT 6
Organiser: International Labour Organization
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Implementing a Just Transition: Lessons from Australia and the world
Time/Location: 13:30, Australian Pavilion
Organiser: Australian Council of Trade Unions
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Transition in the Western Balkans: Empowering SMEs for net zero economy
Time/Location: 15:00–16:30, SIDE EVENT 3
Organisers: Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation; Government of Montenegro
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Enabling Just Energy Transitions in Asian Cities through Talanoa Dialogue
Time/Location: 15:00–16:30, SIDE EVENT 9
Organisers: CarbonCare InnoLab Limited (CCIL); Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
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Labour Rights as a Fundament of Just Transition to Be Included in NCQG and NDCs
Time/Location: 15:00–16:30, SIDE EVENT 1
Organiser: International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
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Green Skills for a Just Transition – And how to finance
Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, SIDE EVENT 7
Organisers: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB); University of Heidelberg
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To compile this list, the JET-CR editorial team reviewed all official COP 29 side events and more than 30 pavilions where programme information was publicly available.
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