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Title: State of the Framework: Tracking implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
Description: A progress report with recommendations, including calls on the federal government to speed up on all policy fronts: with specific recommendations including: “extend the pan-Canadian carbon price up to $130 per tonne of pollution by 2030, implement Canada-wide zero emission vehicle legislation, ban the sale of internal combustion engines, and establish long-term energy efficiency targets.” Available from the Pembina website at http://www.pembina.org/reports/state-of-the-framework.pdf.
Identifier (PID): yul:1127512

Title: Prairie Resilience: A Made-in-Saskatchewan Climate Change Strategy
Description: This policy paper maintains the province’s position outside the Pan-Canadian Framework agreement with: “A federal carbon tax is ineffective and will impair Saskatchewan’s ability to respond to climate change“ . Policies are economy-wide, including in the electricity sector, where it proposes to introduce regulations governing emissions from electricity generation by SaskPower and Independent Power Producers, meet the province’s commitment of up to 50 per cent electricity capacity from renewables, and “determine the viability of extending carbon capture use and storage technology to remaining coal power plants while continuing to work with partners on the potential application for CCUS technology globally.” Also available at the government website at http://publications.gov.sk.ca/documents/66/104890-2017%20Climate%20Change%20Strategy.pdf .
Identifier (PID): yul:1127513

Title: Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change - First Annual Synthesis Report on the Status of Implementation
Description: An overview of progress on the programs and policies initiated under Pan-Canadian Framework as of December, including an inventory of provincial programs, and a section on "looking forward." No mention of Just Transition policies in this document. Available also at https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/themes/environment/weather/climatechange/PCF-FirstSynthesis_ENG.pdf, and in French.
Identifier (PID): yul:1127511

Title: Jobs beyond Coal: A Manual for Communities, Workers, and Environmentalists
Description: This manual is a practical guide to help transition from coal jobs, and includes case studies and an agreement between Blount Generating Station (BGS) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. (as an Appendix).
Identifier (PID): yul:1121978

Title: Getting it right: A Just Transition Strategy for Alberta's Coal workers
Description: Following the Alberta government announcement that it will phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030, the Alberta Federation of Labour has called for workers' input on the transition. This report outlines the changes to the Alberta electricity generation sector;identifies and and discusses best practice case studies of coal transition; costs out the job losses associated with the phase out of coal-fired electricity generation; and recommends formation of an agency to oversee and implement the transition for workers and communities. The Coal Transition Coalition is led by the AFL and includes Canadian Energy Workers Association, CSU 52, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Ironworkers Local 720 , Unifor, United Steelworkers, and United Utility Workers Association.
Identifier (PID): yul:1121960

Title: Indigenous peoples and climate change: From victims to change agents through Decent Work
Description: This report rejects the characterization of Indigenous people as “victims”. It states that indigenous peoples, numbering over 370 million worldwide , “are at the vanguard of running modern green economies”, and “if they have access to decent work opportunities; if they are empowered to participate in decision making; if their rights are protected; and if policies address their social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities while honing their positive potential as partners, workers, entrepreneurs and innovators, indigenous peoples will become empowered agents of change who can play a vital role in spurring green growth and combating climate change.”
Identifier (PID): yul:1121503

Title: Guidelines for a Just Transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all
Description: From the website: "The Guidelines are both a policy framework and a practical tool to help countries at all levels of development manage the transition to low-carbon economies and can also help them achieve their INDCs and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The Guidelines are designed to create decent work on a large scale and ensure that social protection exists where needed. They also include mechanisms for social dialogue among governments, workers and employers' organizations throughout policymaking processes at all levels."
Identifier (PID): yul:1121504

Title: Careers In Fuel Cell Technologies
Identifier (PID): yul:1120638

Title: The Effects of Climate Change on U.S. Ecosystems
Description: An executive summary of the Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3: The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States, published in 2008.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120636

Title: Keystone XL Project - Executive Summary - Draft Supplemental EIS
Description: A brief summary of the status of the Keystone XL deliberations and considerations for the Environmental Impact Statement by the Department of State, as of 2013.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120627

Title: Federal Climate Change Programs: Funding History and Policy Issues
Description: Summarizes the U.S. programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tracks government spending authorized by Congress from 1998 to 2009, especially by the Department of Energy and including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Discusses the rationales for spending and assesses their success.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120540

Title: Why Green is Your Color: A Woman's Guide to a Sustainable Career.
Description: The career guide was written under contract to the Women’s Bureau by Public Policy Associates, Inc. and Wider Opportunities for Women. It is designed for workers and educators, career counselors and training providers, and discusses a range of in-demand and emerging jobs, as well as job training opportunities and career development tools.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120536

Title: Measuring the green economy
Description: The purpose of the report is to describe a process which might be used in future efforts to benchmark the progress toward a green economy . The report uses data from the 2007 U.S. Economic Census and identified 22,000 products or services which were considered "green" - i.e. conserves energy or other natural resources, or reduces pollution. The report concludes that the green economy is very small: Green products represent approximately 1 to 2% of the total private business economy in 2007. Jobs created in the production of green products or services are considered green jobs, and are estimated to range from 1.8 million to 2.4 million jobs (depending on the definition). The service sector accounts for almost 75% of the green economy; manufacturing only 13%, with construction and agriculture representing the remainder.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120535

Title: Estimated impact of of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output from April 2011 Through June
Description: Update in a regular reporting series, covering the first quarter of 2011, estimating the effect of the stimulus funds and tax measures under the ARRA.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120539

Title: How policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could effect employment
Description: from the CBO: "CBO has analyzed the research on the effects that policies to reduce green house gases would have on employment and concluded that total employment during the next few decades would be slightly lower than would be the case in the absence of such policies. In particular, job losses in the industries that shrink would lower employment more than job gains in other industries would increase employment, thereby raising the overall unemployment rate. Eventually, however, most workers who lost jobs would find new ones. In the absence of policies to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, changes to the climate also might affect employment; however, this brief does not address such changes because that effect would probably arise after the next few decades, and it has not been studied as carefully by researchers." This brief summarizes the findings of three studies which used general equilibrium models to project employment impacts: Ho, Morgensterns and Shih, (2008) Impact of carbon price policies on U.S. Industry. Washington: Resources for the Future; McKibbin et al, (2009) Consequences of alternative U.S. Cap-and-Trade policies. Washington, Brookings Institution; and Montgomery et al (2009) Impact on the economy of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R.2454). CRA International.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120538

Title: Greening the mail: recommendations of the National Task Force on Greening the Mail: Final Report
Description: U.S. mail accounts for nearly half of the world mail volume. Each part of the mail life cycle - from mailpiece design and mailing list preparation to management once it has been delivered -has potential for achieving environmental, economic, and social benefits. This three-fold benefit is called the “triple bottom line.”
Identifier (PID): yul:1120533

Title: Yellow light on green jobs
Description: The report reviews existing literature, and judges that much of it is produced by advocacy groups. It urges caution because of the extensive cost to the taxpayer to subsidize green job creation - it quantifies the amounts spent in subsidies for specific projects e.g. solar power, and also provides wage information for specific solar power projects.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120532

Title: Middle Class Task Force: Green Jobs update
Description: Focusses on training for green jobs and includes case studies of U.S. training programs in which IBEW and SEIU are involved.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120531

Title: Aviation and climate change
Description: Subtitle is: aircraft emissions expected to grow, but technological and operational improvements and government policies can help control emissions.
Identifier (PID): yul:1120534