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People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions
OECD-IEA Climate Change Expert Group Global Forum
Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency and Inclusive Transitions

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Global Commission on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions
DECENT JOBS AND WORKER PROTECTION
1. Design transitions to maximise the creation of decent jobs
2. Develop tailored government support for communities and workers as well as focus on skills
and training
3. Use social dialogue, robust stakeholder engagement and policy co-ordination to deliver better
outcomes
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
4. Ensure that policies enhance social and economic development, and improve quality of life
for all
5. Prioritise universal clean energy access and the elimination of energy poverty
6. Maintain and enhance energy security, affordability and resilience
EQUITY, SOCIAL INCLUSION AND FAIRNESS
7. Incorporate gender, equality and social inclusion considerations in all policies
8. Ensure fair distribution of clean energy benefits and avoid the risk of disproportionate
negative impacts on vulnerable populations
9. Integrate the voices of younger generations in decision making
PEOPLE AS ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
10. Use insights from behavioural science to design effective behaviour change policies
11. Involve the public through participation and communication
12. Enhance impact through international collaboration and exchange of best practice

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IEA Analysis – Employment and Skills
• New IEA research on best
practice in skills and training
programmes for clean energy
• New IEA energy employment
modelling and overview of jobs
across all energy sectors
• Additional analysis of future
skills need, training provision
requirements and skills related
investment plans

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IEA Analysis – Social Impacts of Clean Energy Policies
• Identifying the key principles of clean energy policy
design for equitable outcomes is key.
• New IEA research quantifying the overall impacts of
clean energy policies, understanding how to maximise
benefits and minimise costs.
• Looking beyond overall impacts to a more in-depth
understanding of distributional effects, with a particular
focus on dimensions such as gender and income.

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International Convening and Knowledge Exchange
• Series of people-centred webinars bringing diverse
stakeholders to explore key people-centred topics
such as citizen engagement, affordability, social
inclusion, youth participation
• New IEA Council bringing together leading trade
union figures and other important voices from
around the world

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Global Observatory on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions
Decent Jobs Skills & Training
Social Dialogue &
Stakeholder
Engagement
Socio-economic
Development
Universal Energy
Access
Energy Security,
Affordability &
Resilience
Gender, Equality
& Social Inclusion
Fair Distribution
of Benefits
Youth in Decision
Making
Behavioural
Change
Public
Participation
International
Collaboration