Policy Briefs
UHI Shetland's policy brief series present key results of marine science research being carried out at UHI Shetland. The following policy briefs relate to research being undertaken in the Marine Spatial Planning Section.
Just transition to net zero: creating a transition process that fully accounts for social justice
Just transition to net zero: creating a transition process that fully accounts for social justice
Policy Brief 1 Social Justice (pdf)
The briefing presents opportunities for justice to be achieved across the 3 justice principles (distributional, procedural and recognitional justice) and highlights the need for an improved transition process from fossil fuels to marine renewable energy.
Improvements in just transition processes will support fairer and less contested outcomes. This is relevant to wider management challenges, marine and land processes, and areas of policy development.
It it based on the following research undertaken at UHI Shetland.
- Withouck, I. (2022). The siting of renewable energy developments in a crowded marine space. UHI, PhD Thesis.
- Withouck, I., Tett, P., Doran, J., Mouat, B and Shucksmith, R. (2023) Diving into just transition: How fisheries considered during the emergence of renewable energy production in Scottish waters. Energy Research and Social Science, 101, 103135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103135
