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Green Jobs, Environmental Sustainability & Industrial Relations


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All nations need to develop low-carbon economies in order to rescue the planetfrom climate change and create a sustainable future. There is a strong industrial relations component that to date has largely been overlooked. There are three elements that limit the social actors from reaching a consensus. First is the absence of leadership and an agreed agenda and policy regime for adjustment globally and across many countries as manifested by the failure to reach an agreement at Copenhagen. Second is the lack of detailed policies and institutions in some countries to facilitate adjustment and provide a framework to bring the social partners together. Third, in some countries a neo liberal policy agenda has removed or modified the very institutions that could have supported the attainment of a consensus over structural adjustment.
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Authors

David Collins
Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
Mark Bray
Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
John Burgess
Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia

Abstract


All nations need to develop low-carbon economies in order to rescue the planetfrom climate change and create a sustainable future. There is a strong industrial relations component that to date has largely been overlooked. There are three elements that limit the social actors from reaching a consensus. First is the absence of leadership and an agreed agenda and policy regime for adjustment globally and across many countries as manifested by the failure to reach an agreement at Copenhagen. Second is the lack of detailed policies and institutions in some countries to facilitate adjustment and provide a framework to bring the social partners together. Third, in some countries a neo liberal policy agenda has removed or modified the very institutions that could have supported the attainment of a consensus over structural adjustment.

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