SLOVAKIA RESOURCES TO THE CLIMATE TRANSITION AND ENERGY SECTOR The Slovak NRRP allocates€2.301 billion to the green transition, corresponding to 43% of total resources to be developed into five main directions: decarbonisation of the economy; deployment of renewable energy sources and energy infrastructure; climate-change adaptation; sustainable transport; and building renovation. According to the analysis by the ZOE Institute for Future­fit Economies, 39 the Slovak NRRP has a great potential to adapt its economy transition to the climate transition. In particular, green jobs are expected to be created in the public transportation sector, and the retrofitting of private and public buildings for energy efficiency will foster em­ployment, especially for SMEs, upskilling the workforce. AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR Although the Slovak economy being heavily reliant on the automotive-manufacturing industry, 40 the Slovak recov­ery plan does not include the effects of the transition of the sector on employment, despite job losses in plants where the production has shifted to electric-vehicles manufacturing, as in the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava (Case 2, Table 2) where 3,000 jobs have been lost. 41 Slovakia has been characterised by a strong dependen­cy on foreign technology and capital transfers, and the supply of skilled low-cost labour, thus the Slovak employ­ment and economy is at high risk in the case of shocks in the sector. 42 For instance, the possibility to offset job losses by creating new job opportunities within battery manufacturing would be excluded if lithium-ion batteries for EVs were imported, just as with other technologies in the past. An example is the German supplier and contract manufacturer Magna investing in a new plant in Kechnec (Case 3, Table 2) to produce components for assistance systems for electric cars. 43 The NRRP only refers to the taxation programme for CO2 emissions. PLACE SPECIFIC The Slovak NRRP directly mentions only the Trenčín, Horná Nitra(Upper Nitra) case. One of the objectives to reach within decarbonisation is the conversion of the Horná Nitra region(Case 3, Table 1), where the coal-min­ing activity has provided for energy independence and secure employment. Indeed, the region counts 7,000 jobs in the coal-mining sector. 44 No resources of the NRRP will be devoted to the region, given that they are eligible for other European resources(the Just Transition Fund), while other locations are not. 45 According to the NRRP, 10,000 jobs are expected to be created. GENDER The Slovak recovery and resilience plan does not directly refer to gender inequality or, for the sake of this analysis, to gender differences in the climate transition. POLICY CHALLENGES AND POLICY ACTIONS FOR A JUST CLIMATE TRANSITION 21 FIVE RECOVERY PLANS IN COMPARISON