A just transition to greener economies Promoting …...2012 GJ Global Programme GJ Report 2.0 2013 GJ Policy? 20 2014 2015 Just Transition Green Initiative 2016 Mainstr. Policy Intervention

A just transition to greener economies –

Promoting Green Jobs in the forestry sector

Green Jobs programme, ILO

The Green Jobs Programme of the ILO

A few words about the ILO

• Tripartite membership, governance and operationalmodalities: the key role of social dialogue

• Decent Work as a central goal

• Towards a Centenary celebration in 2019

• Alignment with 2030 Development Agenda and SDGs (beyond 8)

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Environmental sustainability a central theme and

cross-cutting issue in ILO Strategic Plan

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What are Green jobs?


In practice?

ILO

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Organic agricultural products (certified)

Green textiles (green labelling)

Eco-tourism (certified)

Green construction (certified)

Green financing

Reducing energy and resource intensity

Eco-efficiency

Reducing and recycling waste

Process Product and services Nature conservation

Ecosystem support

Natural resource management


What do we mean by green jobs

– Social dimension:

Jobs that are decent, i.e. provide equal opportunity for women and men, are safe and healthy, and provide access to basis social protection

– Environmental dimension:

Jobs that reduce environmental pollution or that contribute to the preservation and restoration of environmental quality

– Economic dimension:

Jobs that add economic value and are rewarded, and contribute to long-term sustainable enterprises and economies


Jobs are green when…

….they help reduce negative environmental impact, and lead to environmentally, economically and socially sustainable enterprises and economies.

Green jobs are decent jobs in agriculture, manufacturing or service that:

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Improve energy and raw materials efficiency

Limit greenhouse gas emissions

Minimize waste and pollution

Protect and restore ecosystems

Support adaptation to the effects of climate change


Green jobs are also decent

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Guaranteeing rights at work

Respect of the ILO International Labour Standards

Creating jobs

Equal opportunities, freely chosen, productive and gainful

Extending social protection

Decent salary, social protection coverage, occupational safety and health

Promoting social dialogue

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Non discriminationGender equality


Towards «greening» DWCP, CPOsand a Regional Outcome

ILO «GREENING» OFFER

• Analysis: employment/skills projection

• Tools: green jobs «packages»

• Capacity development: ITC courses for staff and constituents, Global Team links and annual workshop , AP CoP-platform, ..

• Partnership: PAGE, Regional Institutions, ..

• Finance: RBSA; accreditation GCF, bilaterals, ..


Rio+20: Green Economy, Sustainable Development

and Poverty eradication through Green Jobs

The importance of green jobs in setting the pathway to sustainable development

Triple benefit:

1. Social – decent work, poverty eradication, social inclusion

2. Economic – viable enterprises and sectors

3. Environmental - climate change resilience, low-emission development, stable natural environment and lasting biodiversity


The two defining challenges of the 21st

century:

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Environment: Averting climate change

Protecting life-support on earth

Social challenge: Decent work for all

Well-being and dignityfor the excluded


Green Jobs provide the linking element to address the dual challenge

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Social development

Environmental sustainability

Green Jobs


Internation Labour Conference on Green Jobs, 2013 Main outcomes

Common Vision - “Achieving decent work, green jobs and sustainable development”

Guiding principles for the greening of economies, enterprises and jobs, including the need for building strong social consensus on the goal and pathways to sustainability.

The important role of social dialogue and respect, promotion and realization of fundamental principles and rights at work.


• “…transition to a greener economy could help reach many social goals over the next 20 to 30 years, including creating 15 to 60 million additional decent jobs”…ILO

• “Employers believe that proactively addressing higher energy efficiency and environmental issues of resource use…helps to enable long-term sustainable growth”…Employers

• “The transition has to create green and decent jobs and should not make workers the variable of adjustment. The world needs an ambitious transition towards environmental sustainability and workers want it to be a just transition”…Workers

Tripartite Agreement


Employment transition

EFFECT EXAMPLE

New job creationRenewable energy sector; energy performance service companies; mobility services

EliminationSome types of miningPackaging (materials discouraged or banned)

SubstitutionShifting from fossil fuels to RE&EE, automobiles to mass transit, waste disposal to recycling, primary metals production to secondary production

TransformationExisting jobs greened along with changed workplace practices and methods.Supply-chain effects outside green (e.g. steel for wind turbines)


I. Strong policy coherence and effective institutional arrangements

II. Tripartism and conducive Social Dialogue

Overarching enabling policies


Macro/Sector

Macroeconomic

Industrial and sector

Employment

Enterprises

Skills

Labour market

Social Protection

Occupational safety and

health

Social protection

Policy coherence and effective institutional arrangements

Social Dialogue

Labour

Standards

Labour Standards

Schematic relationships between total employment, green jobs and decent


ILO approach to Green Jobs

1) Improving job quality and job security

2) Protecting livelihoods and creating decent jobs for women and men

3) Building effective public-private partnerships at the local level

4) Promoting inclusive and financially viable Solid Waste Management systems (through local strategies)

5) Add value to workers’ activities in chain and markets to ensure fairer incomes

6) Strengthen organization-building and representation


Green-volution in the ILO

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Green Jobs

Report

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GJ Team

GJ Regions

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GJ Unit (4+)

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GJ Network

(40+)

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GJ Global

Programme

GJ Report 2.0

2013

GJ Policy

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20152014Just Transition

Green Initiative

2016Mainstr.Policy

Intervention Model

Assessment of transition challenges/opportunities

Multi-stakeholder Task Force

Policy and institutional framework for entry points

Capacity building

Social Dialogue & Action Plan

Action programmes to address priorities

Strategy

Just Transition policy

Policy Implementation

More and better Green Jobs

Green Jobs Policy Cycle

Assessment of Green Jobs Actual/Potential

Inter- ministerial/stakeholder Task Force

Capacity building

Social Dialogue & Action Plan

Pilot ProjectsGreen Jobs strategy

Green Jobs Policy

Policy Implementation

Getting more and betterGreen Jobs

Applying a decent work lens


What Governments can do to promote green jobs

Enabling Environment

Macro-economic & Fiscal Policy

Mac

Environmental and labour market policy

Employment policies and

programs

Green public works and Investment programs

Skills programs

Social protection Cash transfer for

green worksInsurance and safety nets for

vulnerable groups

Enterprise promotion

Know about-, Start Your Green Business, Access

to finance

Green value chain development;

Market creation and regulation

Market development

Green tradepolices;

Procurement

Market creation and regulationMarket information systems

Example: Mauritius, Sustainable Island

Assessment of Green Jobs Potential

Inter ministerial task force

Policy formulation

Action plan on skills, workers,

enterprises and sector policies

Implementation of Green Jobs

strategies

Action plan of Government, Employers

and Unions in Green Jobs Workshop 2012

National Trade Unions Confederation (NTUC)

Example China

Assessment of Green Jobs Potential

Inter ministerial task force

Social Dialogue & Action plan

Pilot Project

Policy on Green Jobs

2010-2015, China’s 12th five year plan: • Development to

green growth• ‘Guiding options on

promoting Green jobs’2010, Experience sharing meetings

between government, unions

& business

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2011, Green Business Options China:

Training program to encourage Green Entrepreneurship


Opportunities...

Targeted public investment in

forestry could generate about

10 million new jobs around the

world. (C.T.S. Nair and R. Rutt, 2009, http://www.fao.org/3/a-i1025e/i1025e02.pdf)

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...and challenges

- 41 million of informal workers and engaged in the broader forestry, wood, pulp and paper sector worldwide (75% of informality in the sector overall)

- low labour productivity and earnings inthe primary extractive activities

- Bad safety record due to the intrinsically hazardous nature of the work and high turnover

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Forests in a Green Economy -Options 1.Low-Emission Development: Carbon sequestration and avoiding emissions Wood-based biomass energy Product substitution Forest fires

2.Green Jobs & Revenues: Wood Production Wood Processing Wood Trade & Sale Forest conservation and nature-based tourism

3.Environmental Services: Watershed management Forest-based biodiversity Hydrological services Recreation

Tools for green jobs in forestry and natural resource management

ilo/greenjobs.org


Analysis and reviewsIn forestry sector five activities were studied (in the same way as agriculture) and presented in detail. In this sector conservation of forest and biodiversity alone created more that 50% of sectoral total green jobs and ranked 1st followed by nursery, afforestation, social forestry and agroforestry. man days which is equivalent to 26523 regular jobs. Therefore in total (38247 + 26523) 64770 regular

The total job created in this sector is 9681129 jobs are existing in both the sectors


Green Business OptionsResource Books

Circular Economy

Eco-Tourism

Eco-forestry and Forest Products

Energy Efficiency

Distributed Renewable Energy


SDGs, sustainability and jobs

Goal 15 Eco-systems and

forests

•China: millions of jobs in reforestation and forest conservation notably women were benefitting

Goal 12 Sustainable

consumption and

production

•Europe: 1 percentage increase in resource use efficiency leads to up to 200,000 new jobs

Goal 5: Achieve gender

equality

Goal 13 Climate change

•South Africa EPWP created over 4 million work opportunities during 2009-2014 , many in adaptation related sectors (water management, flood control


SDG 5 Cont. Women in forestry Challenges and Opportunities

• Men and women play different roles in forestry and agroforestry systems in notably in developing countries

• Many women have highly specialized knowledge of trees and forests in terms ofbiological diversity, sustainable management and use for various purposes, andconservation practices.

• Women make specific contributions to forestry and agroforestry value chains. However, women’s roles in value chains tend to be poorly supported by policy-makers and extension services.

• Perpetual lack of genderdisaggregated data hampers the development of policy interventions to address the issue.

• Policies and practices empowering women in the forest sector yield significantbenefits to food security and nutrition and the sustainable management of forests.

• Facilitating women’s participation in forest user groups, improving their access tomodern sources of energy, and enhancing their access to processing techniquesare necessary interventions 34


• ILO Green Jobs Programme:

www.ilo.org/greenjobs

• Green Jobs Training Platform:

http://greenjobs.itcilo.org

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Resources on line

http://www.ilo.org/greenjobs

http://greenjobs.itcilo.org/

Documents

A just transition to greener economies Promoting …...2012 GJ Global Programme GJ Report 2.0 2013 GJ Policy? 20 2014 2015 Just Transition Green Initiative 2016 Mainstr. Policy Intervention