YEŞİL EKONOMİYE GEÇİŞ DÜZGÜN İŞLER İÇİN YENİ FIRSATLAR YARATIYOR MU? İNGİLTERE ÖRNEĞİ*

İklim değişikliğinin çevre ve ekonomi üzerindeki etkileri, akademik ve kurumsal olarak en çok tartışılan konulardan biri haline gelmiştir. Bu açıdan, yeşil ekonomiye geçişin iklim değişikliğinin çevre ve ekonomi üzerindeki olumsuz etkilerini hafifleteceği ya da tersine çevireceği beklenmektedir. Ayrıca yeşil ekonomide yaratılacak yeşil işlerin düzgün iş yaklaşımını da içermesi Uluslararası Çalışma Örgütü (ILO) ve Birleşmiş Milletler Çevre Programı (UNEP) tarafından özellikle vurgulanmaktadır. Ancak yeşil sektörlerde düzgün işler yaratılması kendiliğinden oluşmaz ve sendikal örgütlenme ve devlet müdahalesi gerektirir. Bu açıdan çalışmanın amacı, yeşil ekonomiye geçiş sürecinde ihtiyaç duyulacak yeşil işlerin ILO ve UNEP anlayışına uygun düzgünler işler oluşturma ve işlerin kalitesini artırma potansiyelini araştırmaktır. Bu çalışmada, betimleyici analiz ve Ki kare yöntemi kullanılarak İngiliz İşgücü Anketi ve uluslararası kuruluşların ikincil verileri analiz edilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, temel olarak, yeşil sektörlerinin daha iyi işler yaratmak için iyi fırsatlar sunduğu ileri sürülmekte ve İngiliz İşgücü Anketi'nden bazı kanıtlar sunulmaktadır.

DOES TRANSITION TO GREEN ECONOMY CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECENT JOBS? THE CASE OF BRITAIN

The effects of climate change on environment and economy have become one of the most debated issues academically and institutionally. In this respect, it is expected that transition to green economy will reverse or mitigate the negative effects of climate change on environment and general economy. In particularly, ILO and UNEP highlight that green jobs which will be created by green economy should also contain decent job concept. However, creation decent job in green sectors doesn't occur automatically and it needs unionisation and public intervention. In this line, aim of the work explores potentials for creation decent jobs fitting ILO's and UNEP's concepts and increasing the quality of green jobs which will be needed in transition process to green economy. In the study, it is analysed data from British Labour Force Survey and secondary data from the international institutions by using descriptive analysis and Chi square test method. Fundamentally, the paper argues that green sectors offer good opportunities for creation of better jobs and the paper brings in some evidence from British Labour Force Survey.

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