The Green Jobs Assessment Institutions Network (GAIN)
GAIN is an international network of individual researchers, research institutions and international organisations that aims at developing tools to better understand the effects of green policies on employment and therefore contribute to promoting the just transition to the green economy.
In order to achieve this objective, GAIN developed a methodology that uses Input-Output Analysis and allows to investigate the quantitative effects of green policies on employment.
Framed within the Just Transition, this analysis allows countries to foresee the opportunities and risks to reshape their economic and labour policies and investment decisions to maximize employment gains.
Item Assessment information
Needs addressed
- Developing strong governance and policies
- Scaling sustainable and circular business models
Leaving no one behind
- Addressing SCP needs of the national population (including vulnerable groups)
- Promoting equal women/men participation and development with SCP
Applicability
- Tested
- Implemented
- Evaluated Proof of Concept
- Applicable multiple countries
Organizations
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12.6
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12.8
How does the tool make an impact on SDG12?
12.8 By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature. In particular, by encouraging governments to change to a just transition and generate green and decent employment for all
12.6 Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices, in particular by promoting green and decent employment
How does the tool make an impact across SDGs?
8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth
9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12- Responsible Consumption and Production
13 – Climate Action
How does the tool promote and/or make an impact on MEAs?
All around the world climate change, policies to respond to it, and the related economic restructuring have deep implications for jobs. In fact, the social and employment outcomes of climate-related policies are vitally important to people around the world and can have far reaching implications for elections, international climate agreements and sustainable development strategies.
HOW TO/STEP-BY-STEP
Training Guidebook
The GAIN Training Guidebook includes 4 modules on policy, statistics, Input Output and Social Accounting Matrix, which are planning tools well suited to analysing the impacts on jobs and income distribution, based on national accounts and data collected at the country level. They are transparent, accessible and relatively easy to build.
Introduction to Green Economy and Labour Market Assessments
Assessment Tools: Inventories and Surveys as Sources of Data on Employment in the Environmental Sector and Green Jobs
Building Input-Output Based Employment projection Models with Expanded Green Industries (Green EPMs)
From IO and Supply-and-Use to Social Accounting Matrix Analysis
