The efforts to reduce climate change can create millions of job opportunities, both in developed and developing countries. Green jobs: towards decent work in a sustainable, low-carbon world??a report published by International Labour Office along with other UN agencies under technical assistance from the Cornell University Global Labour Institute?claimed this. With the caveat that jobs could be dirty, dangerous and difficult, an impact would be felt by high concern sectors like agriculture and recycling, especially in developing economies, it says.
Few green jobs are being created for the most vulnerable 1.3 billion working poor (43% of the global workforce) in the world with earnings too low to lift them above the poverty threshold of $2 per person per day and for the estimated 500 million youth who will be seeking work over the next 10 years.Green jobs reduce the environmental impact of enterprises and economic sectors, ultimately to levels that are sustainable. These jobs include those that could help protect the ecosystem and biodiversity; reduce energy, materials and water consumption through high-efficiency strategies, de-carbonise the economy and minimise or nulify generation of all forms of waste and pollution.
