This study assesses the employment co-benefits of implementing targets related to renewable energy and forestry set in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement in GGGI Member developing and emerging economies.
The study concludes that for the 27 GGGI Member emerging and developing economies that had quantifiable renewable energy targets in their NDCs, implementation of these commitments would lead to more than 10 million job-years for the 11-year period until 2030. The majority of these employment co-benefits, well over 4 million job-years, are situated in just three emerging economies with large energy sectors and ambitious NDC targets: Indonesia, Mexico and Viet Nam.
Some least developed countries (LDCs) have substantial numbers of employment co-benefits as well, particularly Cambodia, Ethiopia, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal, but these are dominated by hydropower-linked targets.
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