This Briefing Note on energy transitions stems from Anthony Bebbington's work on the topic at the Ford Foundation and reflect on dilemmas inherent in the idea of a just transition. The Briefing Note begins with a description of the Natural Resources and Climate Change program and how work here led to certain reflections on the just energy transition. Bebbington comments on emerging relationships between energy transition and mineral extraction, leading to an examination of different aspects of justice that may be at stake in the energy transition. Bebbington concludes by offering a thought on the political foundations for just energy transitions.