Transcript Gabriela Miranda - The OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local

Environmental issues and
local development
Partnerships and the Green Economy
Styria, 11th October 2010
Gabriela Miranda
[email protected]
Global partners
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33 member countries
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CHILE
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HUNGARY
ICELAND
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAPAN
KOREA
LUXEMBOURG
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
POLAND
PORTUGAL
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TURKEY
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES
Countries invited to
membership talks
ESTONIA
RUSSIA
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Enhanced engagement
BRAZIL
CHINA
INDIA
INDONESIA
SOUTH AFRICA
Local Economic and
Employment Development (LEED)
• LEED’s mission:
contribute to the creation of more and better jobs through effective
policy implementation, innovative practices, stronger capacities and
integrated strategies at a local level.
• LEED Directing Committee
• LEED Partners’ Club Network
• Four Consultative Fora
Why Green Growth?
• A new paradigm
– To ensure that countries take better advantage of the large
potential benefits that can accompany the move towards greener
economies.
– To recognise that to build a prosperous world economy, “green”
and “growth” can no longer be considered in isolation.
OECD’s Green Growth Strategy
 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (June 2009)
Help countries to:
 Promote economic growth while reducing GHG
emissions, pollution and inefficient use of
resources, and maintaining biodiversity
 “Decouple” economic growth and environmental
impacts
 Shift in paradigm (agriculture→ industry→
service→ green)
Impact of Climate Change
on Labour Markets
© OECD, 2010
Why is the local level important?
Public services managed locally
Education and training provision
SMEs and value chains
New environmental policy
instruments
Social change mechanisms
Labour market restructure
Bottom-up, community-driven approach
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Stairway to ‘green utopia’
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Challenges
• Effects on low / medium / high-skilled
• Just transition
• Social issues (age, gender)
• Especially challenging for SMEs
• Adjustment of education and training systems
• Change social behaviours
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Local impact of climate change
LEED Project
« Climate Change, Employment and Local Development »
Five countries participate in this series of reviews:
 Australia (Sydney),
 Italy (Trento),
 Poland (Podlaskie & Pomorskie),
 Spain (Extremadura),
 United Kingdom (London).
LEED Project
The project will identify and assess the:
• impacts of the transition to a low-carbon economy on job profiles
and skills requirements on the workplace;
• challenges and opportunities arising in the relevant policy areas,
while meeting greener demands and complying with new
regulations; and
• efficiency of mechanisms and practices used to facilitate
transformation and adaptation of the labour market to greener
demands.
Gabriela Miranda
[email protected]
www.oecd.org/cfe/LEED
and
www.oecd.org/greengrowth