Technical Papers and Presentations

Overview Session: Sustainable Development and Green Jobs

• Sustainable development and green jobs: an overview by Peter Poschen - (ppt, 349Kb)
• Low carbon development options and green jobs opportunities for Asia: an overview by Komara Djaja - (ppt, 281Kb)
• Green jobs for Asia/Pacific by Michael Renner - (ppt, 1,338Kb)
• Sustainable development+green jobs: the critical issues by John Buchanan - (ppt, 284Kb)
• European Trade Union Confederation by Sophie Dupressoir - (pdf, 40Kb)
• Green Jobs: challenges and opportunities in Asia by Thangavel Palanivel - (ppt, 268Kb)

Session I: Government Policies to Address Environmental Concerns and Promote Green Jobs

• Labour market effects of various government policies by Ronnie Schob - (pdf, 60Kb)
• Labour market effects of various government policies by Ronnie Schob - (ppt, 784Kb)
• Government policies to address environmental concerns and to promote green jobs in Sri Lanka by N.G. Kularatne - (pdf, 76Kb)
• Government policies to address environmental concerns and to promote green jobs in Sri Lanka by N.G. Kularatne - (ppt, 670Kb)
• IOE presentation overview by Peter Glynn - (pdf, 32Kb)
• IOE presentation: the role for business by Peter Glynn - (ppt, 293Kb)

Session II: Low carbon economies and the labour market: renewables and energy efficiency

• Green jobs in the South to end poverty and regenerate the resource base by Ashok Khosla - (pdf, 1,228Kb)
• Converting climate challenges to opportunities by Taka Hiraishi - (pdf, 496Kb)
• Creating green jobs through renewable energy technologies in rural Bangladesh by Dipal C. Barua (Part 1) - (pdf, 1,739Kb)
• Creating green jobs through renewable energy technologies in rural Bangladesh by Dipal C. Barua (Part 2) - (pdf, 1,724Kb)
• Green jobs for Asia and the Pacific - role of building refurbishment by Ramin Keivani - (ppt, 87Kb)
• Green jobs through renewables & energy efficiency initiatives by Ibrahim Hafeez Rehman - (pdf, 878Kb)

Session III: Employment in a Circular Economy: Recycling and Waste Management

• San Fernando Solid Waste Management Program by Mary Jane C. Ortega (Part 1) - (pdf, 1,079Kb)
• San Fernando Solid Waste Management Program by Mary Jane C. Ortega (Part 2) - (pdf, 1,608Kb)
• Solid waste management: recycling, green jobs and challenges in Malaysia by Chamhuri Siwar - (ppt, 47Kb)
• Recycling and waste management: case study of China e-waste recycling industry by Yingling Liu - (pdf, 689Kb)
• JICA's technical cooperation: waste management by Kazuya Suzuki - (pdf, 1,580Kb)
• ITO Research Conference: Green Jobs for Asia and the Pacific by Marilyn Head - (pdf, 44Kb)

Session IV: Green Jobs in Natural Resource Management and Environmental Protection

• Climate change: employment implications in the coastal areas of Asia Pacific by Poh Poh Wong - (ppt, 170Kb)
• Green growth and green jobs in natural resources management by Aneta Nikolova - (pdf, 2,219Kb)

Roundtable: Environment-friendly Policies and International Competition

• Sustainable development+green jobs: the critical issues by John Buchanan - (ppt, 263Kb)

Conclusions for G8

• Green jobs for Asia-Pacific: messages to the G8 meetings 2008 - (ppt, 117Kb)

Working Group Presentations

• Government policies for greener jobs - (ppt, 50Kb)
• Innovative approaches at sectoral, local and enterprise level in the areas of renewables and energy efficiency, circular economy, and natural resource management - (ppt, 58Kb)