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Climate Change & Green Jobs Decent Work In A Sustainable Low-Carbon World May 17/2007

Climate Change & Green Jobs Decent Work In A Sustainable Low-Carbon World May 17/2007. Roberto Ocon Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety Specialist Social Protection Sector ILO HQ. Geneva. The Dual Challenge For 21 st Century.

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Climate Change & Green Jobs Decent Work In A Sustainable Low-Carbon World May 17/2007

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  1. Climate Change & Green JobsDecent Work In A Sustainable Low-Carbon WorldMay 17/2007 Roberto Ocon Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety Specialist Social Protection Sector ILO HQ. Geneva

  2. The Dual Challenge For 21st Century • Environmental: climate-related disasters, water shortages, environmental refugees, displacement by flooding, food shortages, loss of biodiversity • Decent work: working poor, unemployed, young job seekers, no access to social security, food, shelter, energy

  3. Stern Review, IPCC, McKinsey • Climate change biggest threat to achievement of MDGs • Coping with climate change requires a great transformation of economies, • Threats and opportunities for enterprises and workers

  4. Green jobs initiativeILO, UNEP, IOE, ITUC

  5. Climate Change And Social and Labour Challenges • Adaptation Issues • Mitigation Issues

  6. 1. Adaptation Issues • Droughts, Floods, Heat Waves, Hurricanes • Impact on: • agriculture, forestry, tourism, fresh water, coastal systems (industry and settlements). • 1.2 billion workers in agriculture • 50 m environmental refugees (livelihoods in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Haiti …)

  7. 2. Mitigation Issues • Reducing GHG emissions will impact on: • Global energy supply systems, energy consumption, transportation, urban planning and construction, manufacturing, agriculture and forestry. • > 2.3 million jobs renewables, >20 m in 2030 • France green jobs > car industry

  8. Renewable energy:2006: 2.3 m jobs 2030: > 20 m jobs

  9. Climate Change And Labour Markets Employment affected in at least four ways: • Additional jobs will be created • Some employment will be substituted • Certain jobs may be eliminated without direct replacement • Many existing jobs will be transformed and redefined

  10. Green JobsDefinition • Reduce consumption of energy and raw materials (dematerialize economies) • Avoid greenhouse gas emissions (decarbonize economies) • Protect and restore ecosystems and environmental services • Minimize waste and pollution

  11. High-Potential Sectors • Energy efficiency: buildings, industry, transport • Renewable energy • Mobility: public transport • Recycling, waste management • Sustainable agriculture and forests • Environmental services

  12. Green Economies • Greening economies create jobs • Major opportunity for development and poverty reduction • Decent work not by default • Need for just transitions

  13. An Emerging ILO Programme Research and development: • Brazil: bioenergy, environmental services • China: energy efficiency • India: renewable energy – poverty • Bangladesh: waste management • Philippines: climate proofing local development • Haiti a.o.: adaptation infrastructure and recovery • Africa: adaptation and rural employment • South Africa: energy efficiency buildings

  14. Partnerships • Green Jobs Initiative partners: ILO, UNEP, ITUC and IOE Green Jobs Report (September 2008) • UNFCCC: climate negotiations • FAO: rural employment • UNDP, UNITAR: adaptation • UNEP: Training course Turin Centre

  15. Areas of Action Green jobs programme along three complementary lines: • Diagnostic and modeling tools • Green jobs in clean development • Fair transitions to green economies

  16. ILO Office-wide strategy Engage ILO units across the organization • from the INSTITUTE, • the four SECTORS, • the FIELD structure • GENDER and INTEGRATION • to the Turin Centre.

  17. Thank you! For further information: Green Jobs ILO Contact Mr. Peter Poschen, Senior Adviser Sustainable Development and Climate Change- ILO E-Mail: poschen@ilo.org

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