Repurposing Coal Mining Lands for a Just Transition
The present paper is the first attempt to provide a new blueprint for proactively addressing coal mining lands within a Just Transition framework. It argues that traditional approaches to mine land remediation can only go so far in offering coal transitioning communities with the natural capital badly needed for economic diversification. Rather, the present paper proposes that a new approach to treating post-mining lands would have the objective of repurposing: putting former mining lands into future use states that offer investment and public use opportunities for private sector and citizens alike. Such an innovative approach, as developed and now being piloted by the World Bank in several coal transitioning countries, relies not only on new methods and tools for assessing lands and planning their use; it equally requires thinking differently about how the process of mining land repurposing is institutionally managed. Furthermore, by thinking very differently about the future use of mining lands and establishing structures to effectively govern these transformative processes, we can begin to unlock new financial solutions.
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Format: | Report biblioteca |
Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2024-02-14
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Subjects: | JUST TRANSITION, MINING LANDS, REPURPOSING, GOVERNANCE, FINANCING, SUCCESSFUL MODELS, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099020824103535115/P1711941ca3c880a71abd41a00b95dc2184 https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/41071 |
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Summary: | The present paper is the first attempt to
provide a new blueprint for proactively
addressing coal mining lands within
a Just Transition framework. It argues
that traditional approaches to mine land
remediation can only go so far in offering
coal transitioning communities with the
natural capital badly needed for economic
diversification. Rather, the present paper
proposes that a new approach to treating
post-mining lands would have the objective
of repurposing: putting former mining
lands into future use states that offer
investment and public use opportunities for
private sector and citizens alike. Such an
innovative approach, as developed and now
being piloted by the World Bank in several
coal transitioning countries, relies not only
on new methods and tools for assessing
lands and planning their use; it equally
requires thinking differently about how
the process of mining land repurposing is
institutionally managed. Furthermore, by
thinking very differently about the future use
of mining lands and establishing structures
to effectively govern these transformative
processes, we can begin to unlock new
financial solutions. |
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