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Modules

Just Transition (part two): Green Colonialism and Energy Justice

Instructions for:TraineeTrainer

Related Initiative

RE4GREEN

Goal

Identify and distinguish key types of justice (e.g., recognition, spatial, distributive, epistemic, intergenerational) that shape environmental justice debates.

Recognize how certain green initiatives overlook broader social and historical contexts.

Duration (hours)

0.4

For whom is this important?

Researchers

Steps

1Environmental justice in practice

2Defining justices

What is this about?

This micromodules introduces the idea of a just transition by looking at how climate solutions can unintentionally repeat old patterns of inequality. It focuses on the tension between climate justice and what some scholars call green colonialism. Through short podcasts and interactive activities, learners get familiar with different forms of justice – recognition, distributive, spatial, temporal and epistemic – and how these ideas show up in real environmental conflicts.

A central part of the module looks at the Saami experience with the Fosen wind project. The case shows how renewable energy initiatives, even when well-intended, can overlook indigenous rights if they are pushed forwards without proper consultation or consent.

1

Environmental justice in practice

Open to the podcast episode below.

Green transition or green colonialism? - SEI podcast

2

Defining justices

Listen to: [2:16–4:00], [6:28–8:23] Listen and pay attention to how Laura del Duca defines different types of justice.

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