Climate change, energy and employment : The Green energyplan for 2030 Green4sure Climate change, energy and employment : The Green energyplan for 2030

Green4sure Who are Green4sure? ABVAKABO FNV - Public services union FNV (federation of trade unions) Greenpeace Milieudefensie (Friends Of the Earth) Natuur & Milieu (society for Nature & Environment) World Wildlife Fund

Green4sure Goals: show that energy supply and a 50% reduction of CO2-emission is possible, without new nuclear plants in the Netherlands. Show how people and companies can and will change their behaviour. show the effects of each and every means in the energyplan.

Green4sure Steps: research working group instruments the green energy plan communication

Green4sure Research led by CE Delft sectoral analysis calculation of costs and benefits special issues in-depth studies and scenarios

Green4sure sectoral analysis households and services industry transport electricity

Green4sure Costs and benefits National effects on economy Effects on employment Effects on income

Green4sure Special issues stimulate renewables CCS innovation strategy biomass

Green4sure In-depth studies competition in industries european strategies security of supply employment effects

Green4sure What to do? Increase efficiency Use of renewables Reduce volume

Green4sure Public support! How to achieve 50% reduction? government instruments freedom within limits security of supply strengthen ‘clean’ industry Public support!

Green4sure Instruments Intensive users - 25 to 40% (competitive sectors) industry generation extensive users - 60 to 75% (non-competitive sectors) households personal transport services

Green4sure The green energy plan ‘Climate bill’ Progressive standards Energy savings ‘Pollutor Pays!’ principle

Green4sure Effects: households and services

What new jobs? Energy savings company Combined Heat and Power micro-generation off-shore wind power R&D

Union position Sustainable economic, environmental, and SOCIAL development EU-plans have a lack of social dimension Energy is a key public service Social Dialogue

Union position Liberalisation does not lead to sustainable and secure energy supply, but A sustainable and secure energy supply is possible in a liberalised energy market. Governments must take the lead!

Union position Change in jobs less low-skilled jobs more high-skilled jobs invest in lifetime learning

Thanks! Jerry van den Berge ABVAKABO FNV - Public services union The Netherlands jvandenberge@abvakabo.nl