Struggles for justice in the energy transition: Voices from the front lines
Think tank: Institute of Development Studies
Author(s): John Gaventa; Rosemary McGee; Alex Shankland
November 11, 2025
This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies brings together authors from both the global South and the global North.
A critical issue of our time is how the world can transition from a development model based on the extraction and use of fossil fuels to one based on cleaner sources of energy, and how it does so in a just and inclusive way.
Central to this issue of the IDS Bulletin is the recognition that to be just, any transition must include consideration of the voices, knowledges, and realities of communities most affected. By bringing together authors from both the global South and the global North, covering a wide range of communities affected by different dimensions of the energy transition, we find long histories of action and resistance developed around encounters with earlier transitions.
