'Green' jobs touted as employment engines

JOBS in environmental preservation and climate resilience hold the potential to bring in more people into the workforce, union officials and analysts said.

- By Adrian H. Halili Reporter

“Green jobs will not only contribute to climate resilience but also improve labor participation by creating new, future-ready employment opportunities,” Federation of Free Workers President Jose G. Matula said via Viber.

On Tuesday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) launched the National Green Jobs Human Resource Development Plan, with the aim of developing a skilled workforce to support the economy's green transition.

“Green sectors can be made to expand enough to make up for carbon-intensive industries shedding workers,” IBON Foundation Executive Director Jose Enrique A. Africa said via Viber. “This shedding can even be mitigated by active social protection and retraining to ensure a just transition with livelihood security for all.”