Led by the ILO, the Community of Practice for Just Energy Transition in Asia is a regional platform that fosters peer learning, collaboration, and policy innovation to support fair energy transitions away from coal. Bringing together policymakers, practitioners, workers’ and employers’ organizations, academia, and civil society, the platform supports efforts to ensure no one is left behind in the shift to a low-carbon future.

This initiative is funded by Innovation Regions for a Just Energy Transition (IKI-JET) project. Activities include virtual sessions, knowledge sharing, and in-person engagements. If you are interested in joining the community, please complete the registration form.

Project Details

Duration
December 2024 – September 2026

Development partners
– International Climate Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
– European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnership

Location
Indonesia, Mongolia, Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam (but participation is open to all Asian countries).

Contact
Ananda Alonso Nacher, Technical Officer for Just Energy Transition
nacher@ilo.org

Background

The shift from coal to low-carbon energy in Asia and the Pacific is urgent and complex, with major impacts on jobs, communities, and economies particularly in coal-dependent regions. To ensure a fair and inclusive transition, the Community of Practice for Just Energy Transition in Asia supports stakeholders in driving actions that promote decent work, social inclusion, poverty reduction, and sustainable growth, in line with the Paris Agreement and the ILO Just Transition Guidelines. The platform also applies a gender-responsive approach to increase women’s participation, strengthen gender-sensitive policies, and remove barriers to equitable transition opportunities.

Objectives

• Knowledge sharing: Facilitate expert-led discussions, peer-to-peer exchanges, and multi-stakeholder dialogue to share best practices and address common challenges, grounded in the principles of social dialogue and participation.
• Capacity development: Provide tailored training for policymakers and stakeholders to integrate climate, economic, employment, and social priorities in transition planning, in line with ILO Just Transition Guidelines.
• Policy coherence and collaboration: Strengthen cross-sector and multi-level cooperation to promote coordinated, fair, and inclusive transition strategies.

Beneficiaries

• Government officials and policymakers from all levels from ministries involved in energy, labour, environment, planning, finance, and more
• Workers’ and employers’ organizations
• Universities, research institutions and think tanks
• Development partners and civil society groups including youth networks, indigenous peoples, and gender equality advocates

Events

• 24 July 2025: Online workshop – Ensuring No One is Left Behind: Addressing gender equality and social inclusion in JET plans
• 20 May 2025: Online workshop – Just Energy Transition in NDCs: Ensuring policy coherence
• 18-19 March 2025: In-person workshop – Advancing Just Energy Transition in Asia: Community of Practice drives coal phase-out and promotes social solutions
• 27 February 2025: Online workshop: Sharing lessons learned
• 18 December 2024: Online consultation workshop: Co-creating the Just Energy Transition CoP for Asia

News

• 18-19 March 2025: Advancing Just Energy Transition in Asia: Community of Practice drives coal phase-out and promotes social solutions
• 6 March 2025: The ILO takes part in engaging the media on climate change issues | International Labour Organization

Resources

Just energy transition community of practice in Asia – Concept Note
This document describes everything you need to know about the CoP: background objectives, approach, roles and responsibilities of participants, etc.

JET CoP Work Plan 2025
This document provides an overview of the Just Energy Transition Community of Practice in Asia scheduled activities for 2025.

In-person event Summary Report
This document summarizes the discussions held at the CoP in-person event, on 18-19 March 2025 in Jakarta.