Skills for a Greener Future : A Global View, Based on 32 Country Studies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Office, International Labour.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Genève 22 : International Labour Organisation (ILO), 2019.

Summary:

This report, which draws on 32 national studies, was produced with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop). It presents qualitative analysis of empirical research and modelling, collects good practices from the surveyed countries demonstrating how skills development can underpin the green transition.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of boxes

Box 2.1 Mauritius: The Smart City Scheme

Box 2.2 Uganda: Developing technology and markets

Box 3.1  Evolution of green policies and measures since 2011: The example of China

Box 3.2  The relationship between development planning and the green economy: The example of Senegal

Box 3.3  Providing a legal framework for skills and training for green jobs: The Philippines Green Jobs Act and National Green Jobs Human Resource Development Plan

Box 3.4  State-level action in the US: The example of California

Box 3.5  Training and capacity development measures under the Paris Agreement

Box 3.6  Examples of national coordination bodies related to skills for green jobs

Box 3.7  Developing coordination in the environment sector in South Africa

Box 3.8  Using collaboration to ensure decent jobs in the green economy

Box 4.1  Growing green markets

Box 4.2  Renewable energy in Indonesia: Potential still to be realized

Box 4.3  Guyana's Mangrove Restoration Project

Box 4.4  Growth in green construction jobs in the United Kingdom

Box 4.5  Building new local renewable energy production in Burkina Faso

Box 4.6  Greening ready-made garment manufacturing in Bangladesh

Box 4.7  Greening agriculture in Uganda and Mauritius

Box 4.8  Greener transportation in Dubai

Box 4.9  Greening tourism in Mauritius: Opportunities and challenges

Box 4.10  Greening mining in Burkina Faso for environmental benefits and decent jobs

Box 5.1  How occupations evolve as a sector goes green: Construction in Senegal

Box 5.2  The skills response in construction in the PHILIPPINES

Box 6.1  Estimating green economy employment scenarios using EXIOBASE

Box 7.1 Examples of national policies related to skills for green jobs.

Box 7.2  Identifying and labelling "green occupations": The example of China

Box 7.3  A multi-level approach to identifying skills needs for green jobs: Costa Rica's National Institute of Apprenticeship

Box 7.4  Examples of initiatives related to skills for green jobs undertaken by the Mauritius Institute of Training and Development (MITD)

Box 7.5  Examples of greening initiatives in India's private sector

Box 7.6  The private sector takes the lead in skills development in Indonesia

Box 7.7  ALMPs within a labour market framework: Examples from Guyana

List of figures

Figure ES 1. Countries covered in the two rounds of analysis, 2010-11 and 2018

Figure ES 2.  Share of countries that mention capacity development and skills training in their NDCs, and types of measure specified

Figure ES 3.  Occupations most in demand across industries in a global energy sustainability scenario, 2030

Figure ES 4.  Occupations most susceptible to job destruction and reallocation across industries in a global circular economy scenario, 2030

Figure ES 5.  Jobs created and destroyed in a global circular economy scenario, by gender, 2030 (millions)

Figure ES 6.  Overlap of core and technical skills for workers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport, in declining and in growing industries (circular economy scenario)

Figure ES 7.  Overlap of core and technical skills for science and engineering professionals, in declining and in growing industries (energy sustainability scenario)

Figure ES 8.  Top skills needed in high-, medium- and low-skill occupations (energy sustainability and circular economy scenarios

Figure ES 9. Countries grouped according to performance in environmental and skills policies

Figure ES 10.  Countries' progress in environmental and comprehensive skills policies, by income level, 2010 and 2018.

Figure ES 11.  Inter-ministerial coordination and coherence between skills and environment policies

Figure ES 12.  Important factors in skills development policies for greening, with relative performance, by income level

Figure ES 13.  Involvement of employers and workers in skills policies, and coherence between environmental and skills policies

Figure ES 14. Involvement of employers and workers in skills policies for green jobs

Figure 1.1  Map of countries included in the global analysis

Figure 3.1  Countries grouped according to performance in environmental and skills policies

Figure 3.2  Countries' progress in environmental and comprehensive skills policies, by income level, 2010 and 2018

Figure 3.3  Relative priority given to the targeted economic sectors in NDCs for 32 sample countries, by income level

Figure 3.4  Share of available NDCs that mention capacity development and skills training, and types of measures specified

Figure 3.5  Share of NDCs in the 32 countries surveyed that mention capacity development and skills training in their NDCs, and types of measures specified

Figure 3.6  Inter-ministerial coordination and coherence between skills and environment policies

Figure 3.7  The extent to which climate change, environmental issues and related training needs are present and/or considered in sectoral skills development policies (on a scale of 1-10)

Figure 3.8  Coordination between environmental and skills policies at national and subnational levels (on a scale of 1-10)

Figure 3.9  Institutional frameworks for social partners' involvement in policy-making, actual involvement, and coherence between environmental and skills policies (on a scale of 1-10)

Figure 3.10  Involvement of employers and workers in skills policies for green jobs (on a scale of 1-10).

Figure 3.11  Coherence between environmental and skills policies (on a scale of 1-10), correlated with selected indicators

Figure 3.12  Important factors in skills development policies for greening, with relative performance, by country income level

Figure 6.1  Jobs created and destroyed in energy sustainability scenario by skill level, to 2030

Figure 6.2  Jobs created and destroyed in energy sustainability scenario by gender, to 2030 (millions)

Figure 6.3  Jobs created and destroyed in an energy transition scenario by occupation, to 2030

Figure 6.4  Transition paths for selected shrinking occupations under the energy sustainability scenario

Figure 6.5  Overlap of skills for science and engineering professionals in declining and growing industries (energy sustainability scenario)

Figure 6.6  Overlap of skills for science and engineering associate professionals in declining and growing industries (energy sustainability scenario

Figure 6.7  Top skills needed in high-, medium- and low-skill occupations under the energy sustainability scenario

Figure 6.8  Jobs created and destroyed in circular economy scenario by skill level, to 2030

Figure 6.9  Jobs created and destroyed in circular economy scenario by gender, to 2030 (millions)

Figure 6.10  Jobs created and destroyed in a circular economy scenario by occupation, to 2030

Figure 6.11  Transition paths for selected shrinking occupations in the circular economy scenario

Figure 6.12  Overlap of skills for labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport, in declining and growing industries (circular economy scenario)

Figure 6.13  Overlap of skills for drivers and mobile plant operators, in declining and growing industries (circular economy scenario.

Figure 6.14  Overlap of skills for stationary plant and machine operators, in declining and growing industries (circular economy scenario)

Figure 6.15  Overlap of skills for metal, machinery and related trades workers, in declining and growing industries (circular economy scenario)

Figure 6.16  Overlap of skills for building and related trades workers, in declining and growing industries (circular economy scenario

Figure 6.17  Top skills needed in high-, medium- and low-skill occupations under the circular economy scenario

Figure 7.1  Proportions of male and female TVET graduates in Thailand, by sector, 2015

List of tables

Table ES 1. Changes in skills required, by skill level of occupation

Table ES 2. Main core skills required for green jobs, by skill level of occupation

Table ES 3. Nature and extent of occupational change in key sectors

Table ES 4. Examples of TVET development measures incorporating green components

Table 2.1  References to international environmental agreements in country reports

Table 4.1  Projected green jobs in India: Cumulative employment (000) in green businesses, 2018-30

Table 4.2  Assessment of the relative prominence of various sectors in, respectively, general environmental policies, strategies and plans and those related directly to green jobs

Table 4.3  Types of green jobs related to the agriculture and livestock value chain in Zimbabwe

Table 5.1  Changes in skills as a result of the green transition, by skill level

Table 5.2  How new occupations exist alongside existing occupations in the Philippines

Table 5.3  Nature and extent of occupational change in key sectors, to 2018

Table 5.4  Occupations needed for the development and use of the typha plant as an insulation material in Senegal.

Table 5.5  Occupations and skill sets in current and future demand in the renewable energy sector: The example of Barbados.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789220314401

9220314401

OCLC:

1314625128