The Coal Transition: Mitigating Social and Labor ImpactsWendy Cunningham and Achim Schmillenemail: wcunninghamworldbank.org and aschmillenworldbank.orgAbstractRealizing the objectives of the Paris Agreement on climate change will necessitate a timely transition of the global energy system out of coal, but evidence from Europe, China, and the United States shows that the coal transition can lead to massive job losses. This paper develops a comprehensive polic
