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Employment, education and skill effects: learning from international experience. Sue North. International and national reports. GHK The Impacts of Climate Change on European Employment and Skills in the Short to Medium-Term: Company Case Studies
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Employment, education and skill effects: learning from international experience Sue North
International and national reports • GHK The Impacts of Climate Change on European Employment and Skills in the Short to Medium-Term: Company Case Studies • World Watch Institute Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World • CedefopFuture skill needs for the green economy • Aldersgate Group Mind the Gap: Skills for the transition to a low carbon economy • ARIES Sustainability in Supply Chains: Using systems thinking to work towards sustainability in corporations and their supply chains
Themes emerging • Leadership • Engaging early with policy processes • Raising staff awareness • Providing staff with skills and training • Engaging with supply chains
Themes emerging • Education • Impact of climate change • Legislation and regulation • Impact on the business of the firm • Bottom line: improvement in energy efficiency
Themes emerging • Education (cont) • Up-skilling & generic skills training • A learning-based approach • Marketing and communication • Multi-level solutions
Main Points • ‘Green jobs’ is not a useful label • Change needs to be firm-based, and firm-led • There needs to be a polycentric approach • Governments need to introduce a carbon price