etui conference: climate change: an opportunity for social cooperation 29-30 march 2011

Elisabeth Schroedter, MEP:Greening the labour market: Combating climate change and ensuring global competitive

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ETUI Conference: Climate Change: An opportunity for social cooperation29-30 March 2011

Elisabeth Schroedter, MEP

Greening the labour market Combating climate change and

ensuring global competitive advantages

More about Green Jobs at

www.elisabeth-schroedter.eu


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Challenges: - step up efforts in combating climate change to

meet objective of reducing CO2- emission by 2050 by 80-90 % and keeping global warming under 2 degree.

clear focus on energy- and resources efficiency that will also provide answer to ever increasing competition over scarce resources

Defend leading position of EU globally in ecological production




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Costs in the production of raw iron, steal and ferroalloy (enterprise with more than 1000 employees; source DGB Bildungswerk)




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- Greenpeace estimates worldwide green job potential at over 8 million jobs

- ILO definition: nearly all jobs are potentially green jobs

Job creation Protecting jobs in struggling sectors




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Number of jobs Expectations of the sector




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10 years constant

Market incentive programme

Annual fluctuations

Quota, taxeserratically changing

Electricity Heating Fuel




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How can traditional enterprises get ready for the future?

EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY Energy-efficiency + resource-efficiency = Protecting the environment and saving resources, reducing CO2-emissions and promoting sustainability

NEW AND MODERN METHODS OF ENERGY INDUSTRY

NEW MATERIALS AND MODERN PROCESSING

IMU-Institut Berlin Gmbh für Profi-Metall Berlin-Brandenburg




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What does that mean for the labour market ?

New job profiles in old and new sectors

Traditional job profiles will change

Traditional sectors will produce new products

Traditional structures regarding job profiles and sectors will remain to exist




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What does that mean for employment? Large need for specialised workers Potential in all skill segments! Need for training (new technologies and methods) Promotion of Women in STEM professions Lifelong learning Integration of elderly workers in training and work

Right to training for all workers

Training and Lifelong learning responsibility of employers, employes and governments alike




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Green jobs = decent work! Ecological transformation needs wide acceptance

Change to new jobs or within job must be attractive

Willingness/Openess for training must be high

High flexibility in the new sectors will only be accepted when workers feel safe and well treated

Ecological transformation needs strong social partnerships

Cooperation between trade unions and ecological organsiations

learning from the Blue-Green-Alliance in the US an CanadaMore about Green Jobs at



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Conclusions Long term framework conditions provide perspective

to invest in ecological transformation and to exploit green job potential

Huge demand for training in all skill sectorsSkill shortage will hinder potential for sustainable

economic developmentStrong social partnerhsip and blue-green alliances

will help shape a socially just transformation with green decent jobs




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Employment Guidelines of the EUConclusion of the EPSCO Council, 21.10.2010

„(10) The policies of the Union and of the member States, including their reform programmes should aim at „sustainable growth means building an energy and resource-efficient, sustainable and competitive economy, a fair distribution of the cost and benefits and exploiting Europe’ s leadership in the race to develop new processes and technologies, including green technologies. Member States and the Union should implement the necessary reform to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and use recourses efficiently, which will also help to prevent environmental degradation an biodiversity loss. They should also improve the business environment, stimulate the creation of green jobs and help enterprises to modernise their industrial base.”




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Conclusion of the EPSCO Council, 6 December 2010

The Council Conclusions of 21 October 2009 "Towards sustainability: Eco-efficient economy in the context of the post-2010 Lisbon Agenda and the EU Sustainable Development Strategy"2, which invite Member States to use employment and education policies to reduce current skills gaps for eco-efficiency and to facilitate workers' employability in higher growth sectors such as eco-efficient construction and housing, sustainable transport, renewable energy and recycling, while encouraging the creation of new green jobs;




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Thank you very much for your attention!

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