Blueprint for Action on Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions

This year’s G20 President, South Africa, is placing a major focus on just and inclusive energy transitions. This builds on Brazil’s 2024 G20 Presidency which elevated just and inclusive energy transitions as a priority on the global agenda. Under Brazil’s Presidency, the G20 leaders endorsed ten voluntary Principles for Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions. The Global Commission believes these principles form a powerful framework for how governments, each navigating their own set of circumstances, can proceed with clean energy transitions that provide benefits and mitigate harm.

In this Blueprint for Action, the Global Commission has developed a guide for governments and other stakeholders about how just and inclusive clean energy transitions can be designed and implemented. Based on the voluntary principles endorsed by G20 leaders in 2024, the Global Commission has provided examples to highlight how energy policies can be designed and implemented to support fairer outcomes. The Global Commission has focused on key aspects of each principle and shared selected policies from around the world to show how these are being addressed in different settings.

The 2024 Global Commission, convened by IEA Executive Director Dr. Fatih Birol, is co-chaired by Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira de Oliveira, and European Commission Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, Teresa Ribera. The commission comprises energy, climate and labour leaders from governments around the world, along with high-level representatives from international organisations and labour, Indigenous, youth and civil society groups.