Green economies and green jobs: implications for South Africa

The term 'green' is often (mis)used in a number of ways. For example, we talk and hear of green buildings, green financing, green economies, green wash, green accounting, green schools, green agriculture, green tourism, green procurement, green ITC, the list goes on. In this paper, we address twin, but closely linked, green terms: 'green economy' and 'green jobs' and their implications for an emerging economy like South Africa. The paper conceptualises the transition to green economies and how this impacts on the jobs market in South Africa.