Transcript Green Jobs (Cont.)

Prepared by Karim El-Jisr
Baabda Presidential Palace
June 5, 2012
National Report Launch
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National Consultant
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Rio+20 Follow-Up Committee
• Ministry of Environment
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Social Affairs
• Ministry of Economy and Trade
• Civil Society Organizations through the ANND
• United Nations Development Programme
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Inception Report
Stocktaking Report
Roundtable Meetings
Draft National Report
National Consultation Workshop
Final National Report
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VII.
Sustainable Development in Lebanon
Social Development and Poverty Alleviation
Environmental Sustainability
Green Economy
Environmental Governance
Aspirations for Sustainable Development
Recommendations to the UNCSD
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Cost of Environmental Degradation in Lebanon:
◦ $655 Million in 2000 (published in 2004) , %3.9 of GDP
◦ $969 Million in 2008 (published in 2011)
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No agreement on Green Economy; the debate is open
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Impact of a greener economy on local and global financial
systems remains small
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Economic growth is not related to color! Growth-led
development is unsustainable no matter how green
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Lebanon should establish a vision for growth that embraces
Green Economy as one of its pillars.
1. Environmental Goods and Services
2. Sustainable Public Procurement
3. Green Financing
4. Green Jobs
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Tariff review, conducted by MOET, of all
environmental goods and services imported by the
GOL
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Total import of environmental goods and services ≈
2.1% of total import activity
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93% of them have tariff rates ≈ 5%
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Total reliance on imported environmental goods and
services is not sustainable
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GOL should promote Research & Development in the
design and manufacturing of environmental goods
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The purchasing power of the Government of Lebanon
represents 15 to 25% of GDP; an important agent for change;
can play a leading role in expanding the local market for
sustainable procurement
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Six priority areas for public procurement were identified by
Basil Fleihan Institute of Finance in 2011:
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Regional disparities minimization
Renewable energy promotion
Transport and traffic sector improvement
Water management (production and home servicing)
Waste management (hazardous/non hazardous)
Coastal areas preservation
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BDL Circular 7743/2001: subsidized interest loan to support
investment in industry, agriculture and tourism
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BDL Circular 197/2009: new policy to facilitate loans for
environmentally-friendly projects (new projects as well as
retrofits)
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BDL Circular 236/2010: new loan incentives to finance
environmental projects in energy (renewable energy, energy
efficiency, and green buildings) and non-energy
Pipeline Projects:
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€12 million EU-funded project with BDL to promote
energy projects through a bonus scheme
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$15 million World Bank loan to implement the Lebanon
Pollution Abatement Project (LEPAP). Implemented by
MOE in coordination with MOF and BDL to assist
industrial enterprises in (1) conducting environmental
audits and (2) set up a finance scheme to adopt pollution
control measures
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Kafalat Energy
Green job according to UNEP
“work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and
development, administrative, and service activities that
contribute(s) substantially to preserving or restoring
environmental quality. Specifically, but not exclusively, this
includes jobs that help to protect ecosystems and
biodiversity; reduce energy, materials, and water
consumption through high efficiency strategies; de-carbonize
the economy; and minimize or altogether avoid generation of
all forms of waste and pollution.”
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Reconciling poverty reduction and environmental
sustainability goals
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Green jobs are not all new ! Historically, Lebanon has
offered green jobs in agriculture (bench terracing),
reforestation (Green Plan) and manufacturing
(handicraft)
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A 2010 preliminary assessment of potential green jobs in
Lebanon examined four key job sectors: energy,
construction, agriculture/forestry and waste
management
Sector
Projections (new green jobs)
Energy
4,000 green energy jobs by 2020 based on the 12% RE
pledge and 1,050,000m2 of installed solar water
heaters
900 new green jobs per year based on BDL estimate
that $100M will be invested in green buildings over the
next 5 years.
1,900-2,500 new green jobs if current plans for waste
management sector Waste-to-energy systems are
implemented. Closure and rehabilitation of open
dumps would create an additional 640 permanent jobs
and 400 temporary jobs.
Construction
Waste
Management
Agriculture and 1,600 jobs by 2020 assuming a linear trend in organic
Forestry
production. 15,000 jobs in the forestry sector by 2020
if the GOL’s National Reforestation Plan (spearheaded
by MOE) is fully implemented.
ILO/UNDP, 2010
Other green jobs:
1. Environmental prosecutors (Decree 7841, 23/3/2012)
2. Environmental police (pending)
3. Responsible tourism
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Protected Areas (Shouf Cedars, Horsh Ehden, Tannourine Cedars,
Palm Islands, Tyre Coast, etc.) (Decree 8045/2012)
Private Reserves (Ammiq Wetland)
Lebanon Mountain Trail (440km trail)
Bouyout el Dhiafeh (Decree 6298/2011)
Tour Operators (licensed firms, NGOs, Facebook)
VII. 1 Rethinking the Global Economic Model
VII. 2 Reforming the Institutional Framework for
Sustainable Development
VII. 3 Establishing a Global Environmental Court
VII. 4 Reaffirming Palestinians’ Right of Return
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