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Reducing Pollution, Creating JobsThe employment effects of climate change and environmental policies
Clare Demerse
Acting Director, Climate Change
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The Pembina InstituteThe Pembina Institute is an environmental nonprofit think tank with ~55 staff in eight offices. We work to advance sustainable energy solutions through innovative research, education, consulting and advocacy.
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Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions
2008
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A long way to go
Adapted from: “Canada's Greenhouse Gas Target and Emissions Projections,” Environment Canada, 2011.
Scenarios of Canadian emissions to 2020
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A long way to go
Adapted from: Parallel Paths: Canada-U.S. Climate Policy Choices (NRTEE)
Contributions to emission reductions in 2020 from government measures
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Canada will need stronger policies to meet the 2020
target
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Tackling climate change
Pembina reviewed “green jobs” and the employment effects of climate policies.
What would happen to employment in Canada if the government adopted stronger climate change and clean energy policies?
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Local labour effects• Direct employment• Indirect employment• Induced employment
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Clean energy job creation: Ontario
Two estimates of job creation : •economic modelling (2009): 55,000 additional jobs/year (direct, indirect, induced); •Government of Ontario (2011): 50,000 jobs by 2012 (direct, indirect)
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Clean energy job creation: U.S.
US $90 billion in support for clean energy:
• 83,000 jobs (direct and indirect by Q1 2010)
• 21,000 induced jobs (by Q1 2010)
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Economy-wide estimates of employment effects
An economic modelling study by the Pembina Institute and David Suzuki Foundation (2009) assessed meeting 2020 national emission reduction targets.
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Economy-wide estimates of employment effects
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One reason for this result is a “significant shift away from capital-intense (e.g. fossil fuel) to labour-intense (manufacturing and services) industries in all regions.”
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Cleaner electricity creates more jobs
Energy technology
Total jobs-years per
GWh
Job creation rank (where 1 is
highest)
Solar photovoltaic 0.87 1
Landfill gas 0.72 2
Energy efficiency 0.38 3
Small hydro 0.27 4
Geothermal 0.25 5
Solar thermal 0.23 6
Biomass 0.21 7
Carbon capture and storage
0.18 8
Wind 0.17 9
Nuclear 0.14 10
Coal 0.11 11 (tied)
Natural gas 0.11 11 (tied)
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• Inverse relationship: higher capital intensity means lower labour intensity
• Oil and gas extraction is the most capital-intensive industry in Canada
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Fossil fuels are capital-intensive, not labour-
intensive • Investing public dollars in other
sectors would yield more jobs per dollar
• Reducing fossil fuel subsidies would increase employment in Alberta and Saskatchewan slightly.
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Using public clean energy dollars
Technology Public funds Job-Years created
Cost per Job-Year
Carbon Capture and Storage (Project Pioneer)
$779 million(committed)
8,800
(direct and indirect jobs)
$88,523
Wind power $1,500 million(requested)
35,764 (direct and indirect; full
time; one year)
$41,942 (direct and indirect)
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Competing for clean energy jobs
Leaders in low-carbon technology may boost their export potential.
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Germany• generous support for renewable energy • 2 out of every 3 jobs in the renewable
energy industry are estimated to be export-related
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Missing out on export opportunities
Source: International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2010
Wind turbine manufacturers Solar cell manufacturersManufactur
erCountry
Market share
Manufacturer
CountryMarket share
Vestas Denmark 12.5% First Solar United States 8.9%
GE Energy United States 12.4%Suntech Power
China 5.7%
Sinovel China 9.2% Sharp Japan 4.8%
Enercon Germany 8.5% Q-Cells Germany 4.8%
Goldwind China 7.2% Yingli China 4.3%
Gamesa Spain 6.7% JA Solar China 4.2%
Dongfang China 6.5% Kyocera Japan 3.2%
Suzlon India 6.4% Trina Solar China 3.2%
Siemens Germany 5.9% SunPower United States 3.2%
Repower Germany 3.4%Gintech Chinese
Taipei 3.0%
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The pace of green growth
Clean energy “has experienced investment growth of 230 per cent since 2005…. In 2009, US $162 billion was invested in clean energy around the world.”
— The Pew Charitable Trusts, Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?
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The pace of green growth
“between 2004 and 2007, global investments in renewable energy more than doubled…. If large hydropower is included, 2008 was the first year in which renewable power generation attracted more investment than traditional fossil fuel generation.”
— Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Clean Energy Markets: Jobs and Opportunities
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Defining green jobs
• Instead of job creation, some researchers count number of workers who fit a definition of “green” jobs.
• However, no common definition of green jobs currently exists.
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Some characteristics of green jobs:• Familiar work in a more sustainable setting• Geographically dispersed
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Environmental employment in Canada
• ECO Canada defines environmental employment as “employed individuals who spend 50% or more of their work time on activities associated with environmental protection, resource management, or environmental sustainability.”
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Environmental employment in Canada
• More than 682,000 environmental employees (2010)
• 4% of Canada’s total employed labour force• 5 times larger than total direct employment in
auto manufacturing in 2008
• In comparison, 300,000 workers in energy production — 1.8% of total workforce
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Support for clean energy investing
June 2010 survey by The Gandalf Group • for Climate Action Network–
Réseau action climat Canada• Climate Change and the
Environment
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Support for clean energy investment
“It will benefit the economy to invest
in renewable energy
technology now.” 91% agreed
(72% “strongly agree,” 16% “somewhat agree”)
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Support for clean energy investment
“Investments in green technologies can create new good jobs now.”
90% agreed(74% “strongly agree,” 16% “somewhat agree”)
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Maximizing Canada’s clean energy job potential
Federal government should•Direct public dollars away from fossil fuel subsidies and towards core climate change solutions (energy efficiency, clean energy).•Publish and implement a credible plan to meet its 2020 target, with a price on GHG emissions as the centrepiece of that plan. •Develop a clean energy employment transition strategy for Canada.
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Areas for further research
• Assess Canada’s clean energy “comparative advantage”
• Develop regionally-specific clean energy statistics
• Estimate the job creation potential of clean energy policies
• Estimate economic and employment costs of climate change
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Thank you
Clare Demerse, The Pembina Institute
[email protected] 613-216-1976 ext 24
www.pembina.org/climate