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- Title
GREEN ECONOMY AND GREEN JOBS: EVIDENCE FROM DELTA STATE, NIGERIA.
- Authors
OBORO, EMMANUEL DAVID
- Abstract
This study aims to get an insight into the major sectors with a green job potential in Delta State and to further analyze the argument that job creation is one of the important benefits of green growth policies - that is, policies to foster economic growth and development while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which our well-being relies (Bowen and Kuralbayeva, 2015). The claims that the greening of economies is a net generator of decent jobs - good jobs that offer adequate wages, safe working conditions, job security, reasonable career prospects and worker rights (UNEP (2011). There is a great need to promote and create lots of green jobs to make Delta State a better place for future generations. The potential areas of green jobs in Delta State has revealed by the studies include among others: Rubber plantations, cassava (manioc), fish, palm oil and kernels, yams, and plantains, flour-milling plant, sawmilling, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and water, tourism, building sectors, forestry activities, waste management, railways, health sector, government bodies, education sector, Escravos Gas-to-Liquids (EGTL) plant, an integrated steel plant in Aladja, small enterprises and the market within SMEs. The study recommends that for green jobs to thrive in Delta State, there needs to be an increased appreciation for green and sustainable practices; Individualistic efforts from different agents, like governmental agencies, private sector, policymakers, employers, and employees are very important towards the creation of a Green Economy; better integration of employment needs and research programs; and a specific regulatory framework to promote green businesses, and a competitive ecosystem that creates green jobs.
- Subjects
DELTA State (Nigeria); NIGERIA; SUSTAINABLE development; SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL policy; RUBBER plantations; UNITED Nations Environment Programme; JOB security; JOB creation; EMPLOYEE rights; OCCUPATIONAL training
- Publication
Journal of Academic Research in Economics, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 1, p190
- ISSN
2066-0855
- Publication type
Article