TEN PRINCIPLES for the RAPID, EQUITABLE, and JUST TRANSITION to RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS

TEN PRINCIPLES for the RAPID, EQUITABLE, and JUST TRANSITION to RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS

The Ten Principles for a Rapid, Equitable Just Transition to Renewable Energy Systems aim to ensure that the rights of people and communities are at the center of the accelerated development of renewable energy systems; and that the transition is consistent with the needs and rights of directly affected people and communities while staying within the earth’s ecological limits.

1. Addressing Energy Poverty and Ensuring the Right to Universal, Gender-Just, Non-Racist, and Equitable Access to Sufficient Energy
2. Promoting Efficient, Equitable, and Sufficient Energy Production, Distribution and Consumption
3. Building Democratic, More Decentralized and Distributed Energy Systems
4. Upholding and Protecting Human Rights
5. Ensuring Safety and Security
6. Ensuring Democratic and Sustainable Governance, Management, and Use of Land, Water, Marine, and Other Natural Resources
7. Ensuring Sustainable and Equitable Extraction, Distribution, and Consumption of Transition Minerals
8. Protecting Ecological Integrity and Biodiversity; Promoting Ecological Restoration and Regeneration
9. Mobilizing Adequate, Sustainable and Responsible Finance for Renewable Energy
10. Effectively Addressing Issues with Specific Renewable Energy Technologies and Modalities; Rejecting False Solutions

Prepared by a Global Working Group including the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development, Africa Just Transition Network (formerly the Africa Coal Network), groundWork – Friends of the Earth South Africa, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), Beyond Fossil Fuels (formerly the Europe Beyond Coal network), CEE Bankwatch Network, and 350.org, and the Global Clean Energy Network (GCEN).

Principles for the Rapid, Equitable, and Just Transition to Renewable Energy Systems