Continuing the success of the Green Growth and Sustainable Development (GGSD) Forums, the OECD has announced that the third GGSD Forum will focus on “Addressing the social challenges of green growth".
The 2014 Forum will examine the distributional consequences of implementing green growth strategies and their impact on employment, skills and income. Green growth’s combination of strong economies and a clean environment could increase the well-being of all citizens if the right policy mix is applied. The 2014 Forum will bring together experts from policy making and research to examine the evidence and options in two key domains - energy and jobs - based on concrete experience of dealing with the social implications for households and workers.
The Forum will discuss both the technical and political economy aspects of the issues, to propose workable solutions that can be implemented across different levels of government. The Forum will also identify areas that need further research, analysis and collaboration to close knowledge gaps.
What will be discussed?
Going for inclusive green growth in an increasingly unequal world
- What is inclusive green growth?
- What are current trends in income inequality around the world?
- What do we know about multi-dimensional inequalities?
- How can we design and implement models of economic growth that are more inclusive and that take into account social support, environmental conditions or health before policies are implemented?
Energy sector reform and its impact on households with the International Energy Agency (IEA)
- How will different households be affected by greening the energy sector?
- Will greening raise energy prices and influence energy poverty?
- How can governments make sure reforms are fair and do not penalise vulnerable groups?
- What are the taxes and social transfer measures that seem to be the most effective to tackle equity issues?
Inclusive labour and skills for green growth with OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee (ELSAC) and OECD Co-operative Action Programme on Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)
- What skills mismatches are likely to result from the green growth transition?
- How can governments anticipate future skill needs?
- How will greener jobs influence workforce inequality?
- How can labour market policies influence the transition to greener jobs?
- Should governments intervene to correct market imperfections?
- How should education and training policies be changed to facilitate green growth and enable workers to benefit from the opportunities?
- Where are the knowledge gaps regarding labour markets and green growth?What lessons for labour and skills policies can be learnt from local-level experience so far?
- What role should unions and employers play in shaping education and training for a greener economy?
- How can different government bodies work together efficiently to meet the education and training challenges?
Parallel sessions
- Energy-intensive industry and the green transition
- Inclusive labour markets and skills for green growth
- Taxes as a redistribution tool?
A preleminary agenda can be found here.
Registeration for this event can be found here.