Project Overview

Background

About the Project:

Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs)– implemented in South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam and Senegal - are being hailed as novel platforms for supporting developing countries accelerate transitions to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies while addressing socio-economic transition risks. Since the first JETP was launched with South Africa in 2022, an International Partners Group (IPG) made up of developed countries have pledged almost USD48 billion to deliver climate finance to meet decarbonisation and climate-resilience targets.

This project will be evaluate the plans, processes and practices in JETP countries, with a special focus on South Africa and Indonesia, with the broader objective of understanding whether these multi-donor partnerships can serve as models of financing global climate transitions.

The research examines:

(1) the JETP model and investment plans’ effectiveness in meeting multi-dimensional challenges of financing ‘just transitions’; and

(2) their suitability as platforms for scaling up climate ambitions in developing countries in the context of their intersections with countries’ existing domestic and international legal, policy and regulatory frameworks.

The project analyses the relationship between the design or implementation of the JETPs within countries’ broader legal and governance frameworks and their national and international law obligations. An in-depth, interdisciplinary study into this high-profile, flagship initiative will generate critical insights into the challenges and potential advantages of country platforms, such as the JETP, and international partnerships in delivering finance for climate action and resilience.

We aim to develop a global academic and policy network on climate finance to enhance capacity among civil society, policymakers and other stakeholders from developing countries to understand, engage and advocate for effective and inclusive just transition plans domestically and internationally.

This research is part of an ongoing academic and civil society collaboration under the auspices of theClimate Finance for Equitable Transitions (CLIFT).

However, the project is also run in collaboration with a host of international partners and institutions, all working together to advance equitable and inclusive approaches to climate finance and just energy transitions. We are honoured to be working in collaboration with a number of international institutions.