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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
_ Green jobs: myth and reality
Green Jobs: Myth and Reality
_ 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“• 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): • Work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development,
administrative and service activities that contribute substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality
CEDEFOP: • 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
Sector
Produkt/Service
Occupational profile
Green Skills
Job decency
Green workload
Production method
Green awareness
Value chain
Industry
Organisation
Job
Green equilibrium dashboard II
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
_ Green policy in partnerships
Part 2
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 ECIND
AG ENV
Green Jobs - Green generic skills - Green products - Bio fuels - Low Carbon Economy
And finally …
UNTER-NEHMEN
ARBEITS-PLATZ
ARBEITS-PLATZ„ ...every workplace and job has the potential,
and the need, to become greener“ (EC expert group)
Contact
Forum office Vienna at ZSIMichael FörschnerLinke Wienzeile 246, 1150 Vienna, AustriaTel.: +43 / 1 / 49 50 442 – 75, +43/0664 283 06 23 Fax: +43 / 1 / 49 50 442 - 40 [email protected]://www.zsi.at
Homepages: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/forum/partnershipshttp://www.forumpartnerships.zsi.at
Thank you for your attention