Transcript Opportunitiesfor growth:EU Share of world eco

Strengthening Green Growth and Green
Jobs – the Europe 2020 Strategy and the
Roadmap to a Resource-efficient Europe
Dr Manfred Rosenstock
DG Environment, European Commission
Berlin, 5th March 2014
The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and may not in any circumstances be
regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission
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Challenges
 Competition for resources (including  20th cent.: 12-fold increase of
raw materials) increases, scarcities =>
fossil fuel use, material extraction
prices rise => impact on European
8-fold
economy
 Demand for food, feed and fibre
may increase by 70% by 2050
 60% of world’s major ecosystems
that help produce these, already
degraded or used unsustainably
 WBCSD: by 2050 need for 4 to 10
fold increase in resource
efficiency, significant changes
needed by 2020
 EU consumes 16 to. of material
p.a., of which 5 to. become waste
 Major increase in demand by
emerging economies, e.g. China
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Opportunities from resource efficiency/
greening the economy
 Short term benefits
 Longer term opportunities
 Growth and job creation

 Improving
competitiveness and
security of supply
Economic and
Environmental resilience

Improving competitiveness
and security of supply
 Inducing innovation
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 Supporting fiscal
consolidation
Improved quality of life and
human health

Global stability
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Opportunities for growth:
EU Share of world eco-industries, 2008
EU share of world markets
50%
45%
40%
Power generation
Energy efficiency
Material Efficiency
Water Management
Sustainable mobility
Waste management
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Source: ESTAT, 2011
 Employment in, environmental goods and services industries
sector grew by 20% during 2007-11 in spite of the recession.
World market expected to double in size until 2020
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Jobs linked to the Environment
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A green economy for future
competitiveness
Green jobs:
All jobs that depend on the environment or are created, substituted or
redefined (in terms of skills sets, work methods, profiles greened, etc.)
in the transition process towards a greener economy
Study results:
 Reducing the total material requirement of 17 -24% can lead to
boosting GDP by up to 3.3% and creating 1.4 -2.8 million jobs
 Potential gains for businesses of between 3 and 8% of turnover by
using resources more efficiently
 Implementation of individual energy efficiency measures could
lead to 2 million green jobs created or retained by 2020
 McKinsey: $ 2.3 trn global gain in improving resource efficiency
in various sectors
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Europe 2020 Strategy and Resource
efficiency
 Need to adapt our economic structures to increasing
resource scarcity („green growth“, „eco-efficient economy“).
Strategic approaches:
• Europe 2020:
Sustainable growth as one priority; Resource efficiency as key
element;
• Flagship Initiative “A resource efficient Europe”:
Help decouple economic growth from resource use, support
shift towards a low carbon economy (renewable energy
sources, transport, energy efficiency);
• Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe:
Framework for implementation of EU and MS initiatives for
resource efficiency; Systematic stakeholder involvement
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Transforming the economy
• Promote sustainable production and consumption patterns:
e.g. Green Public Procurement, eco-design of products
• Stimulating research & innovation: Horizon 2020,
innovation partnerships.
• Getting the prices right: Phasing out environmentally
harmful subsidies; shift from taxing labour towards
environmental taxes, further development of the ETS
• Turning waste into a resource: stimulating secondary
materials markets, improving implementation.
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Opportunities for more efficiency:
Recycling of municipal waste, 2011
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Opportunities for more efficiency:
Environmental taxes as % of all taxes, 2011
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Safeguarding our natural capital
Examples of recent initiatives:
• Green Infrastructure: network of high-quality natural areas
that provide ecosystem services and connectivity.
Communication 2013
• Water Blueprint: integration of resource-efficiency
considerations into water policy, framework of measures and
instruments.
• Review of air quality policy: Carry successes in air pollution
reduction further, reduce health effects and impacts on soil etc.
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Green economy package, 2014
• Review of targets in the area of waste management and
improvements in implementation
• Steps towards a circular economy – eco-design, use of
market-based instruments, setting of targets and indicators
• Faciliating the financing of investments in resource efficiency
• Recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency
Platform
• Further COM initiatives foreseen on food and construction
waste, follow up to Rio+20, Green Jobs.
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Thank you for your attention!
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/resource_efficiency/
http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_de.htm
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