Citation
(2012), "IPPR report – Green expectations: lessons from the US green jobs market", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2012.08323aaa.013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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IPPR report – Green expectations: lessons from the US green jobs market
Article Type: News from the net From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 23, Issue 1.
The framing of climate change and energy policy in terms of economic growth has played a key strategic role in the USA. In March 2011, IPPR led a learning exchange that took a group of community leaders, trade union and NGO representatives to the west coast to meet with and learn from politicians, business representatives, academics and civil society leaders engaged in the emerging green economy.
This report draws together findings from empirical research from the learning exchange with analysis of some of the key literature in this area. It assesses the success of the “green jobs” policy agenda in the USA and investigates a range of localised, bottom-up approaches to fostering the “green economy”, reaching excluded workers and meeting environmental targets. It also aims to contribute to the wider debate on the future direction of energy and climate change policy in the UK.
The document can be seen at: www.ippr.org/publications/55/7756/green-expectations-lessons-from-the-us-green-jobs-market