“The EU budget has the potential to create more jobs than it is currently doing if it mainstreams green investment,” the WWF writes. A new report commissioned by the organization and several others* “analyses the cost of each job in each sector including the Common Agricultural Policy, Cohesion Policy, Natura 2000, renewable energy and transport,” filling an important gap in the EU’s own evaluation process.
“To date the EU has never published a full jobs audit of its budget, despite spending nearly €1 trillion between 2007 and 2014. Our report will help policy makers consider the optimal solutions in job creation through the budget.” Pretty shocking, eh?
You can download PDFs here:
Investing for the future: More Jobs out of a green EU budget (PDF 1.16 MB)- Evaluating the Potential for Green Jobs in the next Multi-annual Financial Framework (full report) (PDF 557 KB)
*The new report was commissioned by WWF, BirdLife Europe, CEE Bankwatch Network, European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth Europe, and Transport and the Environment.
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