Energy Transition

Climate action has mobilized countries like Colombia around multiple initiatives, including the shift away from fossil fuel-based models of extraction and consumption—such as coal.

CREER’s experience in territories with high economic dependence on coal has contributed to the development of tools that support the construction of shared visions around the development challenges posed by the dynamics of the energy transition.

CREER offers these tools to promote:
  • A collective and inclusive understanding of the challenges and impacts on human rights, highlighting the fundamental link between a “just transition” and this vision, and recognizing the shared responsibility of multiple actors in advancing this justice-centered aspiration.
  • The strengthening of local capacities to monitor these impacts and support the building of clear and socially grounded agreements.
  • The incorporation of evidence into the actions of stakeholders who share responsibility in managing the impacts of the transition.
  • Effective citizen participation, through the creation of spaces for constructive dialogue around the actions needed to adapt communities and territories to the new realities of the energy transition, with particular attention to the realities of those who are most vulnerable.

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Recursos para la planeación territorial

Construcción de paz, participación ciudadana y DDHH

Perspectivas de transformación para la transición energética justa

Testimonios transición energética

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Resources for Territorial Planning

Peacebuilding, Citizen Participation, and Human Rights

Transformative Perspectives for a Just Energy Transition

Energy Transition Testimonials

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Working Sector

Report from the meeting with workers and trade unions

Testimony from workers and trade unions

Closures and multi-stakeholder dialogue

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