EU Reports to Inform Ireland’s Territorial Just Transition Plans
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From: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
- Published on: 17 December 2021
- Last updated on: 17 December 2021
The European Commission is supporting Member States in the preparation of their territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Mechanism. Through its Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP), the Commission contracted in technical support (expertise) for Member States. Ireland applied to the Commission for assistance under the Support Programme and was successful.
Territorial just transition plans will be at the centre of the Just Transition Mechanism, providing targeted support to generate necessary investments to transition to a sustainable and climate-neutral economy. Any plans submitted will be subject to approval by the Commission, as is the case for the programming under the cohesion policy funds.
Under the Structural Reform Support Programme, the Commission made tailor-made expertise available to help national and regional authorities to:
- assess the social, economic and environmental impacts of the transition and outline the transition process up to 2030
- build a dialogue among stakeholders, such as citizens, business and civil society, to reach a common vision on how to go about the transition
- and identify actions to achieve a successful just transition
AARC Ltd and EnvEcon were selected by the Commission to support Ireland by carrying out an assessment of the transition process. The consultants completed their work in summer 2021 and produced five reports in accordance with the Commission’s Terms of Reference. Two of the reports relate to project organisation for the Commission for internal use; three of the reports were developed to assist the Member State in its development process and have been published accordingly. There was extensive engagement with relevant local, regional and national stakeholders during the preparation and finalisation of the reports.
The contents of the reports do not necessarily reflect the views of this Department.
