Environmental issues and local development

Partnerships and the Green EconomyStyria, 11th October 2010

Gabriela Mirandagabriela.miranda@oecd.org

Global partners

33 member countries

AUSTRALIAAUSTRIA BELGIUM CANADA

CHILECZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY ICELAND IRELANDISRAEL

ITALY

JAPANKOREALUXEMBOURGMEXICONETHERLANDSNEW ZEALANDNORWAYPOLANDPORTUGALSLOVAK REPUBLICSLOVENIASPAINSWEDENSWITZERLANDTURKEYUNITED KINGDOMUNITED STATES

• Countries invited to membership talks

ESTONIARUSSIA

• Enhanced engagement

BRAZILCHINAINDIAINDONESIASOUTH 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

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Why is the local level important?

Bottom-up, community-driven approach

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 behaviours9

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 Mirandagabriela.miranda@oecd.org

www.oecd.org/cfe/LEEDand

www.oecd.org/greengrowth