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Green Jobs for Asia-Pacific: messages to the G8 meeting 2008

This research conference discusses the interrelations between environmental, economic, and social dimensions in green growth and response to climate change. It emphasizes the potential for green jobs to promote employment, development, poverty reduction, and clean development pathways. The conference also highlights the importance of coherent policies, stakeholder engagement, and empowering actors for the success of green initiatives.

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Green Jobs for Asia-Pacific: messages to the G8 meeting 2008

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  1. Green Jobs for Asia-Pacific:messages to the G8 meeting 2008 Research Conference: ‘Green Jobs for Asia and the Pacific’ Niigata, Japan, 21-23 April 2008

  2. Put inter-relations between environmmental, economic and social dimensions on the map Green growth and response to climate change: major transformation production and consumption patterns, profound impacts onlabour markets and livelihoods • Challenge on same scale as globalization and ageing yet, very little attention to social dimension in environmental policy making

  3. Opportunity for employment and development Greening of enterprises and jobs: • Sustainable enterprises and jobs • More and better jobs can be generated: green jobs • Green jobs potential for development and poverty reduction (MDG 1&7 compatible)

  4. 3. Green growth and arresting climate change depend on greener enterprises and green jobs • Greener enterprises and green jobs indispensable part of solution • Commitment of employers and workers essential • Environmental performance standards and eco-efficiency targets will not be met without necessary skills • Major contribution from sectoral and workplace arrangements

  5. 4. Prepare for change • Impact of climate change foreseable • Mitigation policies of our own making • Anticipate labor market implications • Skills needs • Sectoral shifts and transitions

  6. Equity and pathways to clean development • Equity key issue for international agreement • Potential for development, broad improvement of living standards and poverty reduction • Partner with developing countries and foster S-S cooperation in designing and putting into practice pathways to clean development with more and better jobs

  7. Promote coherent policies, engage and empower actors • Strong inter-relations, synergies not automatic • Commitment at highest level • Take social dimension to debates about climate talks: prices, industrial policies, technology transfer, financial flows and investment • Establish mechanisms for dialogue and action with main stakeholders: E+W, local gov, communities

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