Thursday 25.September 2008
A recent report from United Nations states that millions of new jobs will be created worldwide over the next few decades by the development of alternative energy technologies.
More than a million people already work in biofuels, but a UN report says that could rise by 12 million by 2030. It says "green jobs" depend on a shift of subsidies from oil and natural gas to wind,
solar, and geothermal power. New jobs could also include the expansion of recycling and making environmentally friendly vehicles.
The report entitled "Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World" is the first comprehensive study on the emergence of a "green economy" and its impact on the world of
work. It includes new data that shows a changing pattern of employment in which green jobs are being generated in many sectors and economies around the world as a result of measures to tackle climate
change and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. This has also led to changing patterns of investment flows into areas such as renewable energy and energy efficiency at the household and
industrial level. Within current policy frameworks, only a fraction of the potential benefits for jobs and development is forthcoming.
