JUST TRANSITION KNOWLEDGE NETWORK (JETNET)
Collaborate. Cocreate. Co-learn.
About Us
The Just Transition Knowledge Network (JETNET) brings together organizations that are committed to building evidence-based and policy-relevant knowledge for a just and sustainable future. Spearheaded by the Just Transition Research Centre, IIT Kanpur this collaborative network aims to co-create a comprehensive knowledge base through capacity building and vibrant knowledge exchange.
Why do we need a network?
Just transition is an evolving research agenda and a longterm policy imperative. The challenges of decarbonizing India's developmental trajectory are complex and distinct. It requires collaborative and synergetic efforts to synthesize various approaches and disciplinary lenses to co-create tailor-made, region-specific, sustainable solutions.
The JETNET will create a dedicated research cohort that exclusively engages with multiple challenges and aspects of just energy transition. This will lead to a targeted allocation and flow of research and funding resources.
How will members benefit?
Common pool of
resources
Network
building
Effective dissemination of
output and enhanced visibility
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About the speaker: Runa Sarkar is a Professor with the Economics Group at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Her interests lie in sustainable development where business interests are in consonance with environmental and social interests. She serves as an independent director on the boards of Bandhan Financial Holdings Limited, Climate Policy Initiative and BASIX Consulting and Technology Services. She serves as a jury member for the Excellence in Sustainability Steelie Award of the World Steel Association, an advisory committee member of the Centre for Sustainable Finance, Sustainability Forum, BCC&I, and Climate Change and Child Rights, WBCPCR and as a member of the CII Taskforce on Climate Regulation, Trade and Competitiveness and CII Net Zero Council.
In addition to authoring several journal and conference papers she has edited the India Infrastructure Report (IIR) 2009 and 2010. Her most recent work is a co-edited volume (with Prof. Mritiunjoy Mohanty) titled The Role of Coal in a Sustainable Energy Mix for India: A Wide Angle View (September 2023, Routledge). As co-editors they have another forthcoming (November 2025) open access volume 'Financing Climate Action: India in the Global Context', Routledge, and the Winter 2024-Spring 2025 issue of the IIC Quarterly, ‘Energy Transition and Climate Justice: A path Less Travelled ’. Prof. Sarkar’s insights are especially valuable to conversations on just transitions in emerging economies.