This report was jointly produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director. This report was produced as part of the Programme of Work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC). It was produced with the financial support of the European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG-REGIO).
The report was co-ordinated and co-authored by Andrés Fuentes Hutfiler under the supervision of Rüdiger Ahrend, Head of the Economic Analysis, Statistics and Data Division of CFE. Co-authors are also: Daiana Derecichei and Jolien Noels (Chapter 1), Jolien Noels and Valentina Ventricelli (Chapter 2), Christine Krüger, Ansgar Taubitz, Frank Merten (Wuppertal Institute) and Ronald Halim (Equitable Maritime Consulting) (Chapter 3), and Jaebum Cho, Daiana Derecichei, Jolien Noels and Valentina Ventricelli (Chapter 4).
Alexander Lembcke, Paolo Veneri and Éric Gonnard provided statistical resources and advice. The report was copy-edited by Eleonore Morena and prepared for publication by Pilar Philip. Nikolina Jonsson and Carlos Lerma Poveda provided invaluable technical and editing support.
The OECD would like to thank Catherine Wendt, Sander Happaerts and Myriam Bovéda (European Commission, DG-REGIO) for their ongoing support. Ana Maria Dobe, Joachim Maes (DG-REGIO) and Chris Bolesta (DG-ENER) from the European Commission provided useful comments. The authors are also indebted to Nadim Ahmad, Oriana Romano, Jenny Vyas, Isabelle Chatry, Stephan Raes, Cécile Séguinaud and other OECD colleagues for their comments.
The authors would also like to thank Philippe Monfort (DG-REGIO), Monika Bańka (European Chemical Regions Network), Tom Van Ierland (DG-CLIMA), Frank Siebern-Thomas (DG-EMPL) and all other participants of the Regional Industrial Transitions to Climate Neutrality workshop, hosted by DG-REGIO and the Just Transition Platform, for their active participation and discussions.