France’s energy transition could create a million jobs

(EurActiv, 13 Jan 2017) A group of French NGOs and trade unions has proposed an alternative route to translate Paris Agreement goals into social progress and jobs. The project would be financed using new resources and green monetary policy. EurActiv France reports.

Transforming €100 billion into 1 million jobs while saving the planet: this is the ambitious goal set by a group of associations and unions in their report One million jobs for the climate , presented yesterday (12 January) in Paris.

Launched in the United Kingdom seven years ago, the idea has since taken hold in South Africa, Norway and Portugal, where it has garnered support from across civil society.

In France, the report was developed by environmental NGOs Attac, the Climate Action Network and Friends of the Earth, with backing from the Unitary Union Federation (FSU), the Peasants’ Confederation, Emmaüs and the Human Rights League. The report was financed by the German Heinrich Böll Foundation .

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