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Green Jobs for Asia-Pacific: messages to the G8 meeting 2008. Research Conference: ‘Green Jobs for Asia and the Pacific’ Niigata, Japan, 21-23 April 2008. Put inter-relations between environmmental, economic and social dimensions on the map.
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Green Jobs for Asia-Pacific:messages to the G8 meeting 2008 Research Conference: ‘Green Jobs for Asia and the Pacific’ Niigata, Japan, 21-23 April 2008
Put inter-relations between environmmental, economic and social dimensions on the map Green growth and response to climate change: major transformation production and consumption patterns, profound impacts onlabour markets and livelihoods • Challenge on same scale as globalization and ageing yet, very little attention to social dimension in environmental policy making
Opportunity for employment and development Greening of enterprises and jobs: • Sustainable enterprises and jobs • More and better jobs can be generated: green jobs • Green jobs potential for development and poverty reduction (MDG 1&7 compatible)
3. Green growth and arresting climate change depend on greener enterprises and green jobs • Greener enterprises and green jobs indispensable part of solution • Commitment of employers and workers essential • Environmental performance standards and eco-efficiency targets will not be met without necessary skills • Major contribution from sectoral and workplace arrangements
4. Prepare for change • Impact of climate change foreseable • Mitigation policies of our own making • Anticipate labor market implications • Skills needs • Sectoral shifts and transitions
Equity and pathways to clean development • Equity key issue for international agreement • Potential for development, broad improvement of living standards and poverty reduction • Partner with developing countries and foster S-S cooperation in designing and putting into practice pathways to clean development with more and better jobs
Promote coherent policies, engage and empower actors • Strong inter-relations, synergies not automatic • Commitment at highest level • Take social dimension to debates about climate talks: prices, industrial policies, technology transfer, financial flows and investment • Establish mechanisms for dialogue and action with main stakeholders: E+W, local gov, communities