Over two days (3–4 September 2025), the fifth edition of Just Transition Forum Asia (JTFA) – a flagship international virtual event co-hosted by the Regional Climate and Energy Project of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Asia and Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA) – welcomed more than 700 participants from around 60 countries to dive into 10 insightful sessions: two plenaries and eight labs.
We explored global, regional, and country-specific dimensions of a Just Transition:
A special additional feature this year was joining the Africa Climate Justice Caravan, linking voices across Asia and Africa for a fairer future.
Together with governments, unions, civil society, academia, and the private sector, we shared knowledge, evidence, and experiences on how to move towards a socially just, climate-resilient, renewable energy-driven future.
On behalf of FES and CANSEA, thank you to everyone who made JTFA 2025 possible: our speakers, moderators, participants, our MC Ceej Tantengco-Malolos, and the dedicated colleagues who organized this event.
Until next year, see you at JTFA 2026!
What does a just transition truly require—from the ground up and across borders?
For the past five years, JTFA has aimed to be a space for reflection, exchange, and practical collaboration on how Asia can pursue climate transitions that are grounded in justice, equity, and lived experience. Here’s what the conversation has looked like over the years:
2021 — Set the foundation by unpacking the meaning of just transition in Asia’s context. The forum emphasized social dialogue, energy democracy, and the need to connect labor, gender, and environmental concerns in recovery plans amid COVID-19.2022 — Shifted the focus to implementation. Nine transformational labs explored just transition across sectors—energy, mobility, and agriculture—while amplifying local struggles, workers’ voices, and gender-inclusive climate action. Discussions on corporate accountability and food systems gained ground.2023 — Highlighted subnational action and global frameworks. With attention on Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JET-P) and the Just Transition Work Programme under the UNFCCC, JTFA examined how national plans interact with local realities in cities, health systems, and extractive regions. Youth, labor unions, and community actors shared grounded perspectives.2024 — Focused on climate finance, particularly the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund. The forum drew in trade unions, civil society, governments, and the private sector to examine the politics of funding access, questions of historical responsibility, and how to ensure financing reaches vulnerable communities in fair and timely ways. This year, JTFA 2025 turned to NDC 3.0—the latest round of national climate targets under the Paris Agreement. The forum asks how these targets can drive ambitious, just, and people-centered transitions across Asia, especially amid growing geopolitical, economic, and ecological pressures. Topics included:
If climate plans are made without justice, they risk reinforcing the same inequalities they claim to fix. JTFA is where we keep asking: whose transition is this, and on whose terms?
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Transformational Labs (parallel sessions)
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Transformational Lab
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This year, our transformational labs explored critical topics across Asia-Pacific. The teasers below, released before the event, offer a preview of these discussions.
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