ABSTRACT

The ambitious goals of the green transition of the EU have set numerous challenges, including in the social sphere. The green transition is expected to affect the European households and businesses in various ways (job loss, energy and transport poverty, etc.) leading to a direct or indirect increase in their living costs and company expenses. Thus, research is needed on the policy measures that the EU is taking to tackle the negative social effects of the green transition and on the evaluation of their efficiency. The latest developments in the policy area concerning its social dimension are considered in this paper, as well as the approaches to the measurement of the justness of the green transition. The aim of this review scientific paper is to analyze main methodological approaches to green transition, and specifically to the justness of the green transition in the EU. The methodology of this study includes a desk research, based on analysis and synthesis, descriptive and comparative analysis and systematic approach. The key finding of the study is that despite the numerous policy papers, regulations and recommendations, there is no comprehensive methodology to measure the justness of the green transition in the EU and further research is needed regarding the precision of the indicators that need to be developed and for which statistical data will have to be collected. The author’s contribution is insight into this understudied topic, which will have a strong impact on social Europe in the short term.