Abstract
Sustainable economic development requires ensuring economic growth and development in terms of environmental protection by providing a bridge between sustainable economic growth, improvement in human health, social justice, employment and environmental protection. Our paper aims to study the situation of green jobs at the European Union level and the relationship between environment and employment, by analysing the link between employment and environmental policies. It highlights the main trends recorded at the European Union level in the field of employment policy to promote green jobs for sustainable economic development. Although there is little effect from environmental policies on employment, the effects are positive, which shows that the relationship between environmental and employment policy should be continued and improved by measures taken at both the macro- and microeconomic levels.
Highlights
The fight against climate change and other environmental challenges has become a major concern worldwide, including in the EU and its Member States.After the 1970s, the developed countries realized that their material prosperity based on the intensive use of natural resources was threatened by energy shortages caused by the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979
Babonea and Joia show that sustainable development requires a mobilization of financial, material and human resources, to produce positive economic effects [7] and Bertinelli, Strobl and Zou draw attention to the further development of an economy, which can be based on pollution, in which case the air quality is affected as well as the welfare of future generations, or on environmentally friendly technologies that support sustainable economic development
The recent decline recorded in the evolution of green economy development and green job creation can be explained by: public policies applied in recent years, which reduced tariff subsidies to support investment in renewable energy; low investment in the sector, following the reduction of economic growth, of implementing austerity measures and of hardening lending to investors in the field; and in some countries, great support for companies producing dirty energy
Summary
The fight against climate change and other environmental challenges has become a major concern worldwide, including in the EU and its Member States. Babonea and Joia show that sustainable development requires a mobilization of financial, material and human resources, to produce positive economic effects [7] and Bertinelli, Strobl and Zou draw attention to the further development of an economy, which can be based on pollution, in which case the air quality is affected as well as the welfare of future generations, or on environmentally friendly technologies that support sustainable economic development. In this way, the result of economic development depends on national investments in green technologies and the ability of the economy to innovate so that the environment is protected [8]. This research has been improved by sharing ideas developed at the International Scientific Symposium, Information Society and Sustainable Development, Second Edition, Azuga, Romania, 24–25 April 2015 [3]
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