{"id":763,"date":"2009-12-14T11:43:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T11:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/?p=763"},"modified":"2009-12-14T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T11:49:13","slug":"four-out-of-10-jobs-are-carbon-intensive-says-ilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/2009\/12\/14\/four-out-of-10-jobs-are-carbon-intensive-says-ilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Four out of 10 jobs are carbon intensive says ILO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-770    alignnone\" title=\"Photo: Mick Holder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Our-future2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"CARBON COPY What do we want? Green jobs instead of dirty ones. When do we want them? Immediately after politicians get serious and reach agreement in Copenhagen.\" width=\"614\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nearly 40 per cent of all jobs worldwide are in highly carbon intensive sectors, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/About_the_ILO\/Media_and_public_information\/Press_releases\/lang--en\/WCMS_119253\/index.htm\">International Labour Organisation (ILO)<\/a> has said. The UN body says its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/integration\/events\/events\/lang--en\/WCMS_119193\/index.htm\">contribution to the UN climate change conference<\/a> in Copenhagen will be to draw attention to the value of \u201cgreen jobs\u201d.<\/div>\n<p>ILO with other UN agencies can contribute among others to facilitating economic and social transition for key sectors, it says, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/integration\/themes\/greenjobs\/lang--en\/index.htm\">the promotion of green jobs<\/a> and \u201cgreening the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/About_the_ILO\/Media_and_public_information\/Press_releases\/lang--fr\/WCMS_119255\/index.htm\">Le BIT<\/a> va traiter de l\u2019emploi et des emplois verts \u00e0 la Conf\u00e9rence des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique \u00e0 Copenhague.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/About_the_ILO\/Media_and_public_information\/Press_releases\/lang--es\/WCMS_119256\/index.htm\">La OIT<\/a> se concentrar\u00e1 en los empleos verdes, problemas laborales en la Conferencia sobre Cambio Clim\u00e1tico de las Naciones Unidas en Copenhagen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0The ILO\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/What_we_do\/Publications\/WorkingPaper\/lang--en\/docName--WCMS_119186\/index.htm\">latest World of Work report<\/a> attempt to quantify the employment challenge arising from the urgency to curb carbon dioxide emissions. It estimates that nearly 40 per cent of all jobs worldwide \u2013 accounting for about 600 million workers \u2013 are in highly carbon intensive sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The report says imposing a price on CO2 emissions and using the revenues to cut labour taxes, employment would rise by 0.5 per cent by 2014. This is equivalent to over 14.3 million net new jobs for the world economy as a whole. And even larger gains would arise due to technological change induced by green policies.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, director of the ILO Asia and the Pacific office, said: \u201cThere is growing international awareness of the need to arrest climate change, in order to put the world economy on a more sustainable track. Already, as part of packages to overcome the ongoing global economic and jobs crisis, countries have launched infrastructure investments designed to promote transitions to a greener economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch efforts would at the same time serve social objectives because spending on green projects promotes recovery and job creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Green policies and jobs: A double dividend?, chapter from the ILO World of Work report, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/What_we_do\/Publications\/WorkingPaper\/lang--en\/docName--WCMS_119186\/index.htm\">pdf<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 40 per cent of all jobs worldwide are in highly carbon intensive sectors, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said. The UN body says its contribution to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen will be to draw attention to the value of \u201cgreen jobs\u201d. 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