This article is a translated version of a Meta study on �Promoting Socially and Economically Just Energy Transformations in Asia�, from September 2017. The aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the most important political and social factors, commonalities and challenges that drive �but also hamper� socially just energy transitions across eight countries in Asia, i.e. China, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, which produced nearly 45 % of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2015.