Cambio climtico

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GOVERNING BODY OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
OFFICE 300th Session WORKING PARTY / SOCIAL
DIMENSION OF GLOBALIZATION 12 November 2007
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Statement by ILO Director-General Juan
SomaviaHigh-level event on climate change, NY
24/9/07

• A new generation of green jobs will contribute
  to sustainable economic growth and help lift
  people out poverty. They are central to the
  positive link that needs to be established
  between climate change and development. We must
  also prepare for job losses and support workers
  and enterprises in shifting to new ways of
  working that substantially reduce emissions. We
  also need to invest much more in low emissions
  strategies for development that do not slow
  progress in poverty reduction. On all these
  issues, we must act preventively and develop the
  policies that can ensure a smooth transition for
  all involved

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Statement by ILO Director-General Juan
SomaviaHigh-level event on climate change, NY
24/9/07

• Tripartite social dialogue between employers
  and workers organizations and governments holds
  the key to the development of the ILOs Green
  Jobs Initiative. Our aim is to support workers
  and enterprises through the transition to a much
  more environmentally sustainable process of
  development. An important first step this year
  was the adoption at the ILOs annual Conference
  of a worldwide policy package for sustainable
  enterprises

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The big transition
Por la naturaleza de las actividades económicas
concernidas por los GHG los cambios económicos,
tecnológicos, comerciales y productivos van a ser
muy profundos en todos los sectores, con
importantes repercusiones sobre el empleo
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Sustainable transition

• The challenge of the Climatic Change is also an
• OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE
• The relations society/nature that approach a
  sustainable economy.
• The North/South relations with processes of
  Contraction in the North and Convergence of the
  South towards a righter world
• The patterns of production and consumption
• The employment, towards green jobs, green
  workplaces and a decent and sustainable work

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Just transition

• We aim to defend and support the most vulnerable,
  in the course of what we hope to be a Just
  Transition process. Justice, rights, social
  protection and training are the hallmark of such
  a process for a sustainable future.
• Trade unions believe that, by anticipating,
  exchanging and collectively deciding on measures,
  it is possible to set a fair path for a socially
  just environmentally responsible society, both
  in developed and developing countries

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Effects on employmnet fromclimate
change/adaptation/mitigation

• Effects on employment from climate-induced
  disruptions, i.e. displacement, migrations,
  unemployment in climate-sensitive sectors and
  climate refugees
• Effects on employment from the implementation of
  adaptation measures (i.e. investments in
  infrastructure or transformations in production),
  and
• - Effects (negative) on employment from the
  adverse impacts due to mitigation efforts and
  (positives) from the opportunities.

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How can adaptation prevent job losses?

• - In the agriculture forestry sector adaptation
  policies need to focus on expanding non-farming
  activities and farming crops capable of facing
  greater variability in weather conditions. These
  policies will limit the negative impacts of
  climate change on this economic activity and thus
  on employment.
• - In the tourism sector, the vulnerability of
  workers can be reduced with policies that focus
  on the development of different tourist
  activities or promotion of economic
  diversification.

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How can adaptation create jobs?

• - In the agriculture forestry sectors, the
  expansion of non-farming activities, the
  establishment of tree nurseries and the promotion
  of local technologies are examples of policies
  that can help to adapt to climate change and
  create numerous job opportunities. The last two
  initiatives are well known for their potential to
  empower poor people, in particular women.
• - New jobs will also appear in the building
  sector, as a consequence of infrastructure
  investments, such as coastal defences, flood
  protection, drainage containment, etc. Buildings,
  infrastructure and homes will have to be better
  adapted to climate change, and political
  decisions that promote these strategies will lead
  to new job opportunities

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Mitigation social adverses effects

• - Trade unions are aware that certain sectors
  will suffer from the efforts aimed at mitigating
  climate change. Sectors linked to fossil fuel
  energy and other energy intensive sectors will be
  profoundly transformed by emissions reduction
  policies. This includes industries such as steel,
  iron, aluminum, cement but also energy intensive
  services, such as road transport. While trade
  unions accept that changes in some sectors are
  necessary, we propose measures to prevent
  hardships to workers that arise from such
  transformations.
• - Transition mainly implies helping workers to
  incorporate new job opportunities, to build
  social protection systems and promote significant
  economic diversification.

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Tripartite Social Dialogue keySpanish
experience 1

• - TheSocial Dialogue Declaration for 2004
  competitiveness, stable employment and social
  cohesion
• - General Agreement signed by the President of
  government, the business organizations, and the
  trade unions
• - Declared their intent to jointly undertake the
  implementation of the commitments and the
  consequences that Kioto Protocol could have on
  production and employment

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Tripartite Social Dialogue keySpanish
experience 2

• The National Allocation Plan for Emissions Rights
  2005-2007 (RD 1866/2004) states that
• The social dialogue shall continue while the
  National Allocation Plan is in force so that all
  those affected can make known the observations
  and assessments that they considerer appropiate

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Tripartite Social Dialogue keySpanish
experience 3

• Compositions of the tables
• -State Administration (Economy and Treasury M.,
  Industry Turism and Commerce M., Labour and
  Social Affairs M. and the Environmental M.)
• -Business organizations (CEOE and CEPYME)
• -Trade unions (CCOO and UGT)

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Tripartite Social Dialogue keySpanish
experience 4

• Types of Tables
• 1 Interconfederal
• 7 Sectorial
• Electriciy
• Refining of fuels
• Steel and coke
• Cement and lime
• Glass and Frits
• Ceramics
• Pulp, paper and cardboard
• 1 Diffuse sectors (construction, transport,
  commerce)

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Tripartite Social Dialogue keySpanish
experience 5

• Funtions of the Interconfederal Tables
• - Channel the exchange of information, opinions
  and points between the Administration and the
  social representatives.
• - The Government should provide this Table with
  enough information
• - Carry out a general analysis and assessment of
  the impact of KP compliance on the Spanish
  economy in terms of competitiveness, employmet
  and social cohesion.

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Tripartite Social Dialogue keySpanish
experience 6

• Funtions of the sectorial Tables
• Identify and assess the scenario of KP compliance
  in the sector
• Anticipate, analyse and assess the negative
  social consequences and look for corrective
  measures.
• - Reconcile KP compliance with an improvement in
  competitiveness and employment
• - Analyse the opportunities and the
  recommendations to promote these opportunities.

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towards where to advance?

• 1) We needed that a new and effective agreement
  "beyond Kioto 2012" is approved with obligatory
  commitments for the countries developed and
  voluntary for the countries developing according
  to the indications of the IPCC under the
  principle of common but differentiated
  responsibility
• 2) We needed that the new agreement contemplates
  the social and employment dimension and
  incorporates mechanisms towards the right
  transition
• 3) We needed that the Tripartite Social Dialogue
  extends to all the countries

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Invitation and offer

• I invite the Director of the OIT and to all the
  members of the Governing Body to work to obtain
  those 3 objectives
• I offer the collaboration of the Trade Unions
  movement and Foundation SUSTAINLABOUR to work
  with you to reach them