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This report highlights how the decline of the coal industry affected the municipality of La Jagua de Ibirico, Colombia, with recommendations for how other local governments can better plan for coal’s demise.
Since 2020, the Colombian department of Cesar – and specifically the municipality of La Jagua de Ibirico – has suffered serious social and economic consequences after one of the country’s most active coal companies halted operations.
These events aggravated the crises in an area already affected by armed conflict and social inequality.
This report explores the fallout of the coal industry’s departure and uses these lessons to recommend how other coal-dependent governments can avoid these problems and plan for a just transition that lessens the blow of coal’s decline.
Program / This programme aims to build a collaborative platform to accelerate renewable energy deployment in La Guajira.
Initiative / The Carbon Lock-In Initiative seeks to uncover and address the barriers that uphold the fossil fuel-based economy.
Perspective / As Colombia seeks a shift away from fossil fuel extraction, SEI experts warn against replacing one polluting sector with another.
SEI working paper / Researchers review the power dynamics and distributional politics that shape resistance to phasing out coal and to opportunities for change in Colombia.
SEI report / The authors identify enabling factors of social acceptance for wind energy projects and, more broadly, of a just energy transition in La Guajira.
