On behalf of: on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag COVID-19 and a Just Transition in India’s Coal Mining Sector Study by: Imprint Commissioned on behalf of Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Govt. of Germany Commissioned by Indo-German Energy Forum Support Office (IGEF-SO) and c/o Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH 1st Floor, B-5/2 Safdarjung Enclave 110029 New Delhi, India Email:
[email protected] Website: www.energyforum.in Tel.: +91 11 4949 5353 Responsible Tobias Winter, GIZ GmbH Authors Prof. Johannes Urpelainen Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment, Johns Hopkins SAIS
[email protected] Setu Pelz PhD candidate, Reiner Lemoine Institute, Berlin Advisors/Reviewers Sandeep Pai Michaël Aklin Brian Blankenship Noah Zucker Christoffer Brick Content This short report discusses the uncertainties within the coal mining sector in India following the COVID 19 pandemic, highlighting the importance of a just transition for coal mining communities. It provides policy recommendations for new directions in public finance within and outside the energy sector to support job creation and industrial development against the backdrop of an increasingly uncertain coal value chain. About ISEP The Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) is an interdisciplinary research program that uses cutting-edge social and behavioral science to design, test, and implement better energy policies in emerging economies. Hosted at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), ISEP identifies opportunities for policy reforms that allow emerging economies to achieve human development at minimal economic and environmental costs.