Transcript Green Jobs - The OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local

OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance
Partnerships and the green economy
Michael Förschner (ZSI)
Graz, 11 October 2010
_ Part 1: Green jobs: myth and reality
_ Part 2: Green policy in partnerships
Part 1
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Green jobs: myth and reality
Green Jobs: Myth and Reality
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Shades of green
Ecological value added
Green equilibrium dashboard
Development trends
Shades of Green
Employment and Revenue in EU ECO-industries: various definitions
Employment
Total Turnover
Narrow definition ECO industries
(mainly pollution prevention or treatment)
2, 3 Mio.
€
270 billion
+ activities closely dependent on a good quality
environment (environment-related tourism,
organic agriculture, renewable energy etc)
4,4 Mio.
€
405 billion
+ induced 'knock-on' or 'multiplier' effects
8,6 Mio.
€
1 trillion
Widest definition- includes all activities dependent
on the environment (all agriculture, renewable
energy etc)
21 Mio.
€
3 trillion
Source: EC-Website Environment and Employment, quoted from ECORYS 2008
Ecological value added
ILO Definition: Green jobs reduce environmental „footprints“
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cutting the consumption of energy, raw materials and water,
decarbonising and dematerializing the economy;
bringing down emissions of greenhouse gases;
adapting to climate change;
protecting and restoring ecosystem services (Campbell).
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
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Work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development,
administrative and service activities that contribute substantially to
preserving or restoring environmental quality
CEDEFOP:
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Green Jobs reduce the environmental impact of enterprises and economic
sectors, ultimately to sustainable levels
Decent Jobs - Just Transition
Green equilibrium dashboard
Source: OECD: Greening Jobs and Skills: The Local Labour Market Implications of addressing Climate Change
Green equilibrium dashboard II
Job
Industry
Organisation
Sector
Produkt/Service
Production method
Green awareness
Value chain
Occupational profile
Green Skills
Job decency
Green workload
Green Jobs: trends
_ Additional jobs (e.g. pollution control devices)
_ Substition of jobs (e.g. shifting from fossil fuels to
renewables)
_ Elimination of jobs (e.g. legal banning of products)
_ Transformation of jobs (e.g. new skills)
_ Regional shifts in jobs
Source: UNDP, OECD
Part 2
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Green policy in partnerships
What are we looking for?
_ area based partnerships
_ with an environmental strategy, based on an in depth
analyses
as part of an overall strategy
with a sole environmental strategy
_ close collaboration of partners across sectors
_ addressing various issues required in green
strategies
Something like …
Sheffield First
What do we find?
_ fragmented structures
_ no overall environmental strategy, no overall analyses
covering different areas
missing interlinkages
_ competition of ‘partners’ alongside institutional and
often political thresholds
_ addressing particular issues required in Green
strategies
Something like …
Anonymus
LM
ED
EC
IND
AG
ENV
Green Jobs - Green generic skills - Green products - Bio fuels - Low Carbon Economy
And finally …
UNTERNEHMEN
ARBEITS
-PLATZ
ARBEITS
-PLATZ
potential,
„ ...every workplace and job has the
and the need, to become greener“ (EC expert
group)
Contact
Forum office Vienna at ZSI
Michael Förschner
Linke Wienzeile 246, 1150 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 / 1 / 49 50 442 – 75, +43/0664 283 06 23
Fax: +43 / 1 / 49 50 442 - 40
[email protected]
http://www.zsi.at
Homepages:
http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/forum/partnerships
http://www.forumpartnerships.zsi.at
Thank you for your attention