Unjust transitions? Class experience in Portugal’s coal phase-out and the limits of climate governance
公正でない移行？ポルトガルの石炭火力廃止における階級経験と気候ガバナンスの限界 (AI 翻訳)
Ricardo Moreira
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日本語
本論文は、2021年のポルトガル石炭火力発電所閉鎖が約450人の労働者に与えた影響を、質的ケーススタディ（13件の半構造化インタビュー）に基づき分析。失業による経済的損失に加え、悲嘆、燃え尽き、社会的地位の喪失が生じ、特に男性労働者のアイデンティティに打撃を与えた。Just Transition政策は補償や再訓練だけでなく、労働者の経験や声を尊重する必要があると論じる。
English
This paper analyzes the impacts of Portugal's 2021 coal plant closures on about 450 workers using 13 semi-structured interviews. It finds that the transition caused not only economic loss but also grief, burnout, and loss of social status, especially among men whose identities were tied to industrial labor. It argues that just transition policies must address the self-defining dimensions of work, not just compensation and retraining.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本の石炭火力廃止やGX政策においても、移行の社会的影響を考慮する上で示唆に富む。特に産業労働者のアイデンティティや地域コミュニティへの配慮が、政策の正当性と受容性に影響することを示している。
In the global GX context
This paper contributes to global just transition scholarship by providing qualitative evidence that policy design must go beyond economic compensation to address social identity and community disruption. It is relevant for any country phasing out fossil fuels, including those implementing TCFD/ISSB frameworks that incorporate social dimensions.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides a qualitative framework for analyzing just transition implementation gaps, focusing on class experience and identity.
🏢実務担当者:Highlights the need for transition plans that address psychological and social impacts beyond retraining.
🏛政策担当者:Emphasizes that just transition policies must engage affected workers in decision-making and consider non-economic dimensions of work.
📄 Abstract（原文）
The closure of Portugal's two coal-fired power plants in 2021 marked the largest emissions reduction in the country’s history but directly affected around 450 workers. This paper examines the experiences of workers from the Sines and Pego plants through a Just Transition framework. Drawing on a qualitative case study based on 13 semi-structured interviews, the analysis explores how class experience and identity were disrupted by the transition. The impacts extended beyond economic loss related to the end of jobs or careers, triggering grief, burnout, and loss of social status, particularly among men whose identities were closely tied to industrial labour. The analysis combines Just Transition guidelines with an intersectional understanding of class experience to argue that policy design failed to address not only the governance of the process, but also the self-defining dimensions of work. These gaps undermined the legitimacy of the transition and fuelled resentment toward climate policy; resentment with potential political consequences in both territories. This may have important policy implications: a Just Transition cannot be reduced to compensation and retraining schemes; it must also account for how transitions are experienced, who is seen, and whose voices are heard in deciding what a low-carbon future looks like.
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