environmental issues and local development partnerships and the green economy styria, 11 th october...
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Environmental issues and local development
Partnerships and the Green EconomyStyria, 11th October 2010
Gabriela [email protected]
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.