FNs Arbejdsmarkedsorganisation (ILO) anslår. at omstillingen til en grøn økonomi vil berøre halvdelen af verdens arbejdsstyrke – fire FN-organer vil sætte ind i 30 lande over de næste syv år, fremgår det.
NAIROBI, 19 February 2013 (UN News Service): United Nations agencies will support 30 countries over the next seven years to build green economy strategies that will generate jobs, promote clean technologies and reduce environmental risk, through a new partnership launched Wednesday.
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) will help participating countries to shift investment and policies towards the creation of clean technologies, resource-efficient infrastructure, green skilled labour and good governance, among other services.
This is the first time that four UN agencies – the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) – join forces to coordinate their expertise and resources at a national level.
“The Partnership for Action on Green Economy will work with countries to catalyze change at the national level, assisting them with targeted economic and policy instruments and training that will accelerate their green economy transition across sectors ranging from clean energy to sustainable agriculture,” said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.
“With the support of PAGE, developing countries, in particular, can put in place the policies needed to reap the economic and environmental benefits of an inclusive, resource-efficient, low-carbon pathway, and avoid the risks and shocks of carbon-intensive infrastructures.”
PAGE is a direct response to the outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which was held in June in Brazil.
The document, entitled “The Future We Want,” calls on UN agencies to support countries that want to accelerate their transition to an inclusive green economy to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development.
“ILO estimates that at least half of the global workforce – or 1,5 billion people – could be affected in some way by the transition to a green economy,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, adding:
“PAGE aims to embed the right policies and opportunities at the national level as countries move forward with their inclusive green economy plans, and thus ensure this transition creates more and better jobs and benefits all of society.”
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