Greener growth, a just transition and green job creation figure prominently in the global agenda today. However, we do not yet have a full understanding of the likely employment impacts of different policy options.
Greener Growth, Just Transition, and Green Jobs: There's a lot we don't know presents the result of a review of the recent green growth literature with a view to summarize existing evidence on employment impacts from green growth and just transition policies, suggesting where evidence is scarce and thus pointing to future areas for investigation.
Baltic Energy Technology Scenarios 2018 (BENTE) is a scenario-based energy system analysis that explores the changes in the Baltic countries’ energy systems. What are the drivers and their impacts in the following decades? What would be required for the Baltic countries to meet their climate and energy targets in 2030, and what development would lead the Baltics towards a 2°C pathway?
The report finds that the Baltic countries’ proposed renewable energy (RE) targets can be achieved using domestic resources. More renewable energy (electricity, heat and fuels) lets energy demanding sectors reduce GHG emissions and increase the RE share. However, the Baltic countries still do not reach their Effort Sharing Sector’s 2030 targets in the 4°C Scenario (4DS). Without policies to stimulate local renewable energy generation, the Baltics are likely to become large net importers of electricity.
