Cities account for approximately 70 per cent of global energy consumption and about 75 percent of greenhouse gas emissions due to the density of economic activities and infrastructure and their often path -dependent development patterns. While this makes cities vulnerable to the impacts of...

Green jobs, in environmental and eco-friendly sectors, are defined as jobs where decent work conditions are presented. The green jobs, significantly increasing all over the world, support the protection of natural resources and also provide high quality work life for workers. The goal of this...

Green jobs exist for a long time. However, for some time dynamics of their creation is increasing and they are created in more and more sectors. Green jobs are created as a result of the development of new environmentally friendly technologies or through the "greening" of the next sectors of the...

The financial and economic crisis was preceded by an energy, food and climate crisis. Until 2008, prices for oil, food and various minerals were increasing due to accelerating scarcity in peak capitalism. With the outbreak of the financial turbulences, the environmental problems shifted somewhat...

This book presents an overview of the main research findings and case studies concerning education and skills for inclusive growth, green jobs and the greening of economies. Focusing on India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam, it discusses government and business sector responses to these...

In most economies, the potential of saving energy via insulation and more efficient uses of electricity is important. In order to reach the Kyoto Protocol objectives, it is urgent to develop policies that reduce the production of carbon dioxide in all sectors of the economy. This paper proposes...

1. Green jobs -- 2. Green economy -- 3. Green growth -- 4. Sustainable development -- 5. Green policies -- 6. Green jobs : stepping stones or stumbling block for sustainable development? -- 7. Conclusions.

Lo sviluppo della green economy e le ricadute sull'occupazione / di Marco Frey -- I Green Jobs in Italia / di Fondazione Symbola e Unioncamere -- Green economy e occupazione in Emilia Romagna / di Enrico Cancila e Irene Sabbadini -- Favorire l'incontro tra professionalità green e mercato del...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Two defining challenges for the twenty-first century -- Recognizing the pivotal role of decent work for sustainable...

The proposed Sempra 1250 megawatt (MW) tieline connecting the California grid to envisioned new wind-farms in Mexico is not just about electricity. It is also about foregone opportunities, lost human capital investment, lost worklives, lost tax revenues, and diminished economic development...

Carmen Rad : eco-friendly printing leader: eliminating the waste in industrial printing -- Rodrigo Prudencio : venture capitalist: funding innovations to reduce energy consumption -- Rosamaria Caballero-Stafford : eco-consultant: your local green friend -- Luis Rojas : accountant turned solar...