3 Amendments of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2013/2135(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recalls that energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors could create five million jobs by 2020, as forecast by the Commission1; thus calls for three binding targets for emissions reduction, renewable energy share, and energy savings; points out that the transition to a low-carbon economy is expected to have very diverse effects in terms of the overall levels of skills required; recalls that the potential for green jobs is not only in new high- skilled sectors, but through-out the economy and in all skill levels; __________________ 1 Communication entitled ‘Towards a job- rich recovery’ (COM(2012)0173).
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls for measures to be taken to meet and match the skills composition needed in the newly created jobs and to meet new challenges in existing jobs that change their profile towards greener jobs; underlines that active labour market policies have to be targeted and designed to meet the need of the worker and the labour demand needs, in order to avoid the lack of qualified labour in emerging low- carbon technologies;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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5. Stresses the need to address in the new framework the consequences of the economic crisis as regards the affordability of energy for final consumers – households and businesses; recognises that an ambitious energy savings target can lower energy bills for both households and businesses; and that an ambitious implementation of the Energy Efficiency of Buildings Directive could generate new employment in retrofitting existing buildings to ensure on-going benefits: urges Member States to use available EU funding for such purposes;