New Report: Growing Green and Decent Jobs

A new ITUC report with economic analysis commissioned by the Millennium Institute shows how investing 2% of GDP in the green economy in each of the next five years in 12 countries could create up to 48 million new jobs over five years.

The report analyses 7 industries in 12 countries across Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Americas and Europe.

For the first time economists have used the number of jobs that can be directly created from investments as a key indicator to analyse the impact of the green economy on creating decent jobs.
Unions can now make the employment case for investments in the green economy with the international community, governments and business.

“Trade union leaders can use this report in negotiations on investment and job creation with employers and governments alongside national social policies, ” said Sharan Burrow, General Secretary ITUC.

Union leaders are meeting with governments to urge them to drive investment of GDP in the green economy ahead of the G20 G20 The Group of Twenty, or G20, is a forum for international cooperation on the most important aspects of the international economic and financial agenda. It brings together 19 countries and the European Union, which together represent around 90% of global GDP, 80% of global trade and two thirds of the world’s population. Summit and Rio+20 Rio+20 Rio+20 was a UN conference of the highest possible level, including the heads of state and government or other high-level representatives. It was coordinated by UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA). Rio+20 was a follow up of two important events: the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference took place 20 to 22 June 2012 and was accompanied by a number of side events (People’s Summit, Dialogue Days, Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment, etc.). One of the outputs of Rio+20 was the Sustainable Development Goals. Summit in June where commitments will be made on green growth and decent job creation.

The report ‘Growing Green and Decent Jobs’ will be released at the Congress of the ITUC Americas Regional Organisation TUCA in Brazil, followed by launches in Asia, Africa and Europe.