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Work on the environment-employment link has a long tradition in OECD. Analysing the direct and indirect, short-term and long-term employment effects of environmental policies has become particularly relevant in the context of sustainable development.
In a situation of persistently high unemployment, the possibility to design a strategy in which environmental policy and policies aiming at reducing unemployment could partially support the objectives of the other has received renewed attention. In this context, a new work programme on Environment and Employment was initiated as a key component of the activity on “Social and Environmental Policy Integration”.
Drawing on previous work (OECD, 1997), the new activity on Environment and Employment expands the analysis with a particular emphasis on the economy-wide employment impacts of environmental policies in general, and of climate change policies in particular. The main objectives are to:
• update information on employment in environmentally-related sectors in OECD Member countries;
• examine the contribution of environment-related local initiatives to sustainable development through their impact on employment;
• discuss economy-wide employment impacts of environmental policies in more depth; and
• assess in particular the potential impact of climate change policies on employment.
An overall Synthesis Report drawing upon the analysis carried out in the context of these four work components is now available.
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