It has been prepared for the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in the context of the Colombian- German Climate and Just Energy Transition partnership agreement to provide relevant context and guidance on the design and implementation of a fruitful partnership. [...] 2 A just transition in Colombia 02 BACKGROUND TO THE CLIMATE AND JUST TRANSITION PARTNERSHIP COLOMBIA AND GERMANY ARE WORKING TOWARDS A CLIMATE AND JUST ENERGY TRANSITION PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT COLOMBIA’S TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE, CLIMATE-RESILIENT ECONOMY. [...] NewClimate Institute | January 2024 3 A just transition in Colombia 03 A JUST TRANSITION FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET A JUST TRANSITION IS ABOUT DEVELOPING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS THAT PROTECT PEOPLE AND THE PLANET THROUGH THE TRANSITION TO A NET ZERO, CLIMATE- RESILIENT, AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. [...] The acknowledgment of the “imperatives of a just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs in accordance with nationally defined development priorities” in the preamble to the Paris Agreement marked watershed (UNFCC, 2015). [...] There are two main models of coal mining in Colombia, corresponding to different regions: mines in the northern regions of Cesar and La Guajira account for 90% of production and are large-scale, export-oriented, and mostly run by transnational mining houses such as Glencore; small- and medium-scale mines in the interior are responsible for 10% of production, oriented to the local market, and mostl.
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