In the presentation of the report, Secretary of State for Climate Change, Teresa Ribera, stressed the need to ensure that 100% of jobs are green because the economy and welfare require respectful use and our responsibility is to promote this progressive change. ”
The rise of so-called green jobs in Spain over the last decade has been 235%. According to the report, has grown from 158,500 jobs in 1998 to almost 531,000 in 2009.
After the sector of management and treatment of waste (140,343 jobs), green jobs are concentrated in the renewable energy sector (109,368 jobs), which is the fastest growing when multiplied by 30 in the last decade.
The coordinators of the study, Ana Leiva, director of the Biodiversity Foundation, and Luis M. Jiménez Herrero, director of the Observatory of Sustainability in Spain (OSE) have noted that “progress towards a sustainable economy brings a new start of employment that combines the generation of benefits, reduction of social inequalities and protecting and improving the environment by investing in a new set of assets based on clean and efficient technologies in eco-innovation and renewable energies. ”
New ‘deposits’ employment
Sustainable economy is in the activities of waste management and renewable energy in its main generators of employment, but also analyzes ‘deposits’ employment with sustainability criteria.
The report estimates for 2020 indicate that emerging environmental sectors (eco-industry, renewable energy, sustainable building, sustainable tourism, organic farming and sustainable transport) will have an increase of more than one million jobs.
According to remark the experts on the front pages of the report, “is geared toward the production model and processes that are less intensive in energy and carbon, which will be consolidated, in turn, a strategic response to tackle climate change.”
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