«Green» jobs give hope that humanity will be ready to meet the two
defining challenges of the twenty-first century:
Prevent the danger and potential unmanageability of climate change and
protect the environment that supports life on earth.
Ensure decent work and thereby create the prospect for a prosperous and
decent life for all in the face of widespread and rapid population growth and the
exclusion of almost a billion people from economic and social life.
It is worth noting that environmental protection is directly related to social
development, ensuring labor protection, and promoting decent work for all.
Political measures are also required to develop enterprises in a safer way,
motivate job creation, increase the level of general and vocational education, and
improve the social support system. Therefore, special importance is attached to the
tripartite social dialogue and collective negotiations.
In the modern world, the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy
has led to an increase in the number of «green» jobs – these are new types of jobs that
play a significant role in greening the economy and production. Today, «green» jobs
have been created in almost all sectors of the economy, from waste processing to
construction and transportation. Such innovations can significantly reduce the use of
raw materials, water and energy, the economy is freed from carbon-containing
substances and the level of greenhouse gas emissions is reduced, all forms of
pollution are minimized.
Millions of «green» jobs have already been created, and the pace of their
appearance in areas related to renewable energy sources is growing especially
rapidly. Renewable energy sources, for example, create more jobs per dollar invested,
per unit of installed capacity and per unit of energy produced than traditional
electricity generation. Public transport provides more jobs than dependence on cars
and trucks.
To a certain extent, the newly created «green» jobs take the place of existing
jobs and, thus, the net gain in employment is much less than the planned number of
direct jobs offered. For example, this happens when jobs employed in the production
of fossil fuels are replaced with jobs in renewable energy sources. Other types of
work cease to exist due to a decrease in demand for goods or services with a high
level of environmental impact.
The biggest obstacle to «green» economies and jobs is unstable business, which
prevails and often remains more profitable. Those who were the first among those
who advocated «green» technologies and business relations between enterprises are
now forced to wage a war against the pressure exerted by the financial markets on
issues of quick money return, and against competing companies that attract
consumers with low prices, but do not include environmental and social costs in these
prices. The available technologies and means for investment cannot be used or the
expected economic benefits for the environment cannot be obtained from them
without well-trained entrepreneurs and skilled workers. Efforts to eliminate the
existing skills gap and predict future needs are very important for the transition to a
green and low-carbon economy.
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