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Just transition insights from Chile
1. Carolina Gómez Agurto is an Industrial Engineer with a specialty in Environmental Engineering
from the Catholic University of Chile and an M.Sc. in Environmental Technology at Imperial
College London.
Carolina has 18 years of experience working on environmental issues in the energy sector from
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the National Energy Commission (CNE),
and the Ministry of Energy, with a focus on environmental regulation, environmental
management instruments, processes related to the decarbonization of the matrix electricity
and just energy transition, among others. She is currently in charge of environmental
standards in the Environmental and Territorial Unit of the Energy and Environmental Policies
and Studies Division of the Ministry of Energy.
On Gender issues, Carolina is a member of the Gender Roundtable of the Ministry of Energy
and the National Roundtable on Gender and Climate Change. She is also one of the five
Chilean ambassadors of Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E), a member of the
Association of Women in Engineering (AMIN), and a founding member of the recently created
Association of Women in Energy.
In academic work, she is a professor of the “Renewable Energy” and “Environmental
Legislation and Public Policies” courses for students of the Environmental Engineering program
at Andres Bello University.
Carolina Gómez Agurto
Ministry of Energy of Chile
2. Context of coal power plants in Chile
TOCOPILLA MEJILLONES PUCHUNCAVÍ CORONEL
IQUIQUE HUASCO
28 coal units
5.5 GW
5 companies
6 localities
3. Mejillones
- Cochrane 1 (AES), 275 MW
- Cochrane 2 (AES), 275 MW
Huasco
- Guacolda 1 (Guacolda), 154 MW
- Guacolda 2 (Guacolda), 145 MW
- Guacolda 3 (Guacolda), 154 MW
- Guacolda 4 (Guacolda), 154 MW
- Guacolda 5 (Guacolda), 156 MW
Coronel
- Santa María (Colbún), 370 MW
Status of phasing out coal
Coal installed capacity:
Total 2018: 5.525 MW
Total 2025: 1.925 MW
Total 2040: 0 MW
8 plants have been
closed since 2019.
7 plants should be closed,
and 5 plants should be
reconverted by 2025
71% of plants (20/28)
should be closed or
reconverted by 2025
The 8 remaining plants
should be closed or
reconverted no later than
2040
4. Workshops
October to November 2020
were developed three types of
workshops: one aimed at the labor
unions of coal power plants, another
for people who live in the communes
where the coal power plants are
located, and the last one, workshops
open to all the public.
187 people: 41% women, 59% men
Work Group
November 2020 to January 2021
The work group was composed of
25 people in representation of all
stakeholders
48% women, 52% men
Public
Consultation
August 2021
Review of the Strategy
May 2021
Review by the Gender
and Climate Change
Roundtable to
incorporate the Gender
approach and by
international
organizations in the
Human Rights and
companies framework
Launch of the elaboration process of
the Just Energy Transition Strategy
June 2020
The Minister of Energy, the Minister of
Labor and the Minister of the Environment
began the process.
Update of the Nationally Determined
Contribution (NDC) April 2020
It incorporates a Social Pillar of Just
Transition and Sustainable Development
that commits to “Prepare by 2021 a Just
Transition Strategy”.
Launch of the
Just Energy
Transition
Strategy
December 2021
Published in:
https://energia.go
b.cl/mini-
sitio/estrategia-de-
transicion-justa-
en-energia
Just EnergyTransition Strategy elaboration process
5. Ministerio de Energía | 5
1. People-
focused
transition
2. Economic
development
and productive
promotion
2.1 Promotion of new
investment in the
territories.
2.2 Research, development,
and innovation.
3. Environmental
development
and territorial
approach
3.1 Strengthening of the
regulatory framework that
enables new uses.
3.2 Alternatives for new uses
of coal-fired power plant
spaces and infrastructure, and
regeneration plans.
1.1 Promotion of the
employment and training
of people negatively
affected.
1.2 The social well-being
of the most vulnerable
and affected workers and
communities.
4. Participatory
governance and
public-private
articulation
4.1 Design of a Governance
that ensures the execution
and monitoring of agreed
measures.
4.2 Facilitation and articulation
of financing and sectoral
policies and private initiatives.
Just Energy Transition Strategy axes and guidelines:
6. HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL & EMPLOYABILITY
ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Just Transition Local Action Plan Tocopilla
MEN WOMEN
57%
43%
Civil Society
33
Public
Sector 16
Companies
8
Unions
8
Public-private alliances
Sustainable productive activities
Participatory decisions-making
Environmental studies
Recycling
Repair and protection of ecosystems
Hydric resources
Health infrastructure
Preventive health approach (mental
health, geriatrics, drug addiction)
Productive matrix diversification
Technical and professional capacities in
new productive areas
Studies and professional training centers
8. Ministerio de Energía | 8
Interministerial Committee for Just Socio-Ecological Transition
In 2022, it was created the Interministerial
Committee for Just Socio-Ecological Transition
integrated by:
• Minister of Environment (leads the
Committee)
• Minister of Energy
• Minister of Social Development
• Minister of Labor
• Minister of Economy
• Minister of Mining
• Minister of Health
• Minister of Women and Gender Equality
• Minister of Education
Creation of the Office of Just Socio-Ecological
Transition in the Ministry of Environment to
operationalize the implementation of the TSEJ in
the territories
Just Socio-Ecological Transition is broader than JET and includes moving
from a situation of environmental degradation, climate crisis, and
destruction of biodiversity, towards a model that gives greater well-
being to Chileans.
