Social partner workshop on Climate Change – Electricity – Employment Consequences


Social partner workshop on
Climate Change – Electricity – Employment Consequences

10 December 2009

(11 December Electricity Social Dialogue Plenary
– delegations only)

MVM

Szentendrei út 207-209,
1031 Budapest Hungary

EPSU, EMCEF and Eurelectric organised a workshop on the consequences of Climate Change policies on the electricity sector and employment in Budapest 10 December 2009.

- Read the report

Meeting documents:

- Invitation



- draft agenda




- Skills Study of the European Commission

The European Commission has undertaken a large scale project on the Investment in the Future of Jobs and Skills.




- Eurelectric study

Eurelectric recently published its vision up to 2050. It is called Power Choices 2050 and is available here

- POWER CHOICES, Pathways to carbon-neutral electricity in Europe by 2050, by Hélène Lavray, Eurelectric




Syndex Study

The ETUC commissioned a study on the impact of climate change on employment. It covers a broad range of factors and sectors. The study is available here. In particular part III (sectoral effects) chapter 1 (electricity generation)


European Commission Renewables and Employment

The European Commission, DG Energy has established a website on Renewables. On it the Commission publishes research as well.
One of the research projects concerned the employment effects of renewables in the year 2009.


GHK study

The European Commission asked UK based Consultancy GHK to explore the employment impact of climate change. The overall approach is available at the Commission website on restructuring and climate change, including company case studies

The overview of different existing studies can be found in the second volume of GHK produced for the Commission

- Presentation slides for discussion – some slides have notes below
- Synthesis of case studies finding from the DG Emp Climate Change and Jobs study
- Table of Environment-related employment in EU from our literature review




With support from the European Union