A green economy is based on the efficient use of energy, reducing polluting emissions and the use of renewable sources of power. A green economy uses these investments to create new opportunities, more jobs and stronger communities.
New job activities will certainly be created as we make the transition towards a green economy while implementing global warming solutions.
Green jobs are in every community in every state throughout the nation, in the same areas of employment that people already work in today.
What makes these occupations “green jobs” is that people working in these fields are contributing their time and labor towards environmental solutions.
Millions of U.S. workers across a variety of occupational fields, states and income levels will all benefit from working towards the common goal of transforming the United States into a green economy.
“To achieve sustainable development and a higher quality of life for all people, States should reduce and
eliminate unsustainable patterns of production and consumption and promote appropriate demographic policies.” Rio Declaration, Principle 8 (UN 1992).
A transition to a green economy can assist in overcoming the contribution that the population growth makes to the depletion of increasingly scarce natural resources.
The key aim for a transition to a green economy is to enable economic growth and investment while increasing environmental quality and social
inclusiveness. Critical to attaining such an objective is to create the conditions for public and private investments to incorporate broader environmental and social criteria.
Moving towards a green economy has the potential to achieve sustainable development and eradicate poverty on an unprecedented scale, with speed and
effectiveness.
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