emerging occupations: responding to climate change

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EMERGING OCCUPATIONS:RESPONDING TO CLIMATE

CHANGE

Antonio C. AsperMember, TESDA Board, representing Labor

Assistant to the President, Federation ofFree Workers-ITUC


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Contents

Framework of EmergingOccupations

About Green Jobs


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Source: Linda Maling Church

Policy anddemographics

TechnologicalChange

Competitiveness

War andterrorism

Strategies to

respond to

Drivers


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Examples of NEO

Source: Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Service,, March 2010


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NEO: In-demand IndustrySectors

Information Technology

Education

Nanotechnology

Energy Retail Trade

Financial Services

Transportation

Geospatial Technology

AdvancedManufacturingGreen Economy

Aerospace Health Care Automotive Homeland

Security Biotechnology Hospitality ConstructionSource: O*NET as cited in Church, March 2010


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Green Jobs


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Green and GrowingIndustries

As cited in Karin Martinson, Alexandra Stanczyk, and Lauren Eyster Low-Skill Workers Access to

Quality Green Jobs, The Urban Institute, Brief 13, May2010


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Mix of Skills Levels in GreenJobs


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Strategies for Pro-poorGreen Jobs

Curricular Reforms

Strong partnerships between employersand training providers and between

public and private sectors

Career paths

Financial Assistance

Recruitment efforts and supportservices for non-traditional workers


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Where are the Green Jobs? 213Titles

Source: EDF: Green Jobs Guidebook, 2009


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n ex o : ow ar on owerand Renewable Power

GenerationSub-segments Areas for training TitlesSolar Power andPhotovoltaic Systems

Devt and Mfg., Installation andmaintenance, Eng., design and projectmgt., solar sales and mktg

21

Wind Power Devt & Mfg., Installation andMaintenance, Eng., design and project

mgt.

12

Hydro-electric Power Operation, Devt., & Mfg., Installationand maintenance, Eng., design & projectmgt.

13

Geothermal Power Devt .& Mfg,, installation, &

maintenance, Eng., design & projectmgt..

13

Biogas and Bio-methane generatedPower

Landfill gas collection Operations,landfill gas to energy plant operations,animal waste to energy

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Biomass Power Biomass collection and processing,Biomass power plant 2Source: EDF: Green Jobs Guidebook, 2009


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Source: EDF: Green Jobs Guidebook, 2009

Occupational Profile


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Source: UNEP Report, page 39


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Needed: A National Development Framework

A Socially-responsible

Market Economycharacterized by:

Freedom Justice Solidarity

Dynamic interaction

among: Market regulation State regulation Voice regulation

A form of Governmentthat is:

Federal Semi-parliamentary Bi-cameral

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2 3

4

A national consensus

on an Industrial Policyunder a regime of globaleconomic integration


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IMPACT ON JOBS

IMPACTONPRODUCTS

ENTRY TO DECENT WORK

New Substitu-

tion

Redefini-

tion

Loss

Employment

Rightsat Work

SocialProtectio

n

SocialDialogue

Identify and QuantifyImpacts

Review and AdjustQualifications,

Competencies andCertification Levels

Improve Active LaborMarket

Interventions Cohere & Expand Social

Protection Policies andMechanisms

Reform Labor Relations

What should be Done?


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Green Jobs StrategicPriorities

Source:: Cynthia Cruz:, 2009


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TESDAs TVET Policy agenda

Establishment of a Levy Grant System in TVET Strengthening of the Operations of the TESDA

Development Fund

Promotion of EBT utilizing DTS

Devolution of TESDAs Training Functions withemphasis on PPP

Expansion of the PNQF and Recalibrating the PTQCS

Development of a Polytechnic University

Expansion of Institutional Training Arrangementswith Other Countries

Training for Green Jobs


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SOCIAL IRENICS

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Differentiating ClimateSolutions

Solution Objective

Term Type ofAction

Natureof risk

Areal/Sector

Appropriate

SectorPrevale

nt

Driver

Adaptati

on

To

reducerisk

Short/

Medium

Reactio

nary/Anticipatory

Clear

andPresent

Climate

Sensitive

Non-

Energy

Physical

Risk

Mitigation

Toreduce

GHG

Medium/

Long

Anticipatory/

Substitutionary

Potential &

Probable

CarbonProducing

Energy EnergyPolicy/

Technology/Subsidies/Competitiveness

Source:: Cynthia Cruz:, 2009

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Mangroves of Day-Asan andDinagat


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What are Green Jobs

...work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and

development (R&D),administrative, and serviceactivities that contribute substantially to preserving or

restoring environmental quality. Specifically, but not

exclusively, this includes jobs that help to protect

ecosystems and biodiversity; reduce energy, materials,and water consumption through high efficiency

strategies; de-carbonize the economy; and minimize or

altogether avoid generation of all forms of waste and

pollution.


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Drivers of NEO

Policy and demographics

Technological Change

Competitiveness War and terrorism

Strategies to respond to Climate

Change

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