The report was prepared by the OECD Development Centre under the overall guidance of Director Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir and Deputy Directors Federico Bonaglia and Ayumi Yuasa. Alexandre Kolev, Head of the Social Cohesion Unit, and Ji-Yeun Rim, Deputy Head of Unit, supervised and co‑ordinated the project. The report was drafted by the Social Cohesion team: Chapter 1 by Ji-Yeun Rim, Chapter 2 by Soohyun Kim, Chapter 3 by Antoine Bonnet and Alexandre Kolev, Chapter 4 by Antoine Bonnet, and Chapter 5 by Kate Chalmers, Soohyun Kim and Ji-Yeun Rim. Trang Luu and Deepika Sehdev provided research assistance. The report was edited by Brenda O’Hanlon and prepared for final publication by Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte, Delphine Grandrieux and Elizabeth Nash.
The report received technical inputs from various OECD colleagues and external institutions. Special thanks are due to OECD Environment Directorate colleagues Rob Dellink and Cecila Bellora, whose comments helped improve the draft. OECD Development Centre colleagues Juan Ramon De Laiglesia, Thomas Manfredi, Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte and Bakary Traoré provided technical inputs and comments on various sections of the study. Professor Rebecca Jablonski, food systems economist at the Colorado State University provided guidance on the Input-Output modelling. Diana Quezada, Green Recovery Lead at the Global Green Growth Institute provided valuable comments on the agriculture transition chapter.
Preliminary findings of the study were presented at an expert meeting in Paris on 28 September 2022. The report benefited from the discussions and valuable feedback from the participants. On the climate change and employment vulnerability challenge: Marie-Christina Dankmeyer, Social Protection and Climate Change Specialist, International Labour Organization; Anda David, Senior Researcher, Agence française de développement; Hiroto Mitsugi, Senior Advisor on Forest and Nature Conservation, Japan International Cooperation Agency; and Julia Wolf, Manager of “Scaling up climate ambition on land use and agriculture through NDC and NAP” Programme, NDC Enhancement Support Team, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. On the effects of the energy transition on jobs: Sebastian Nieto Parra, Head of Latin America and the Caribbean Unit, OECD Development Centre; Rob Dellink, Senior Economist, OECD Environment Directorate; Cristina Martinez, Senior Specialist, Environment and Decent Work, Asia Pacific Coordinator, Green Jobs & Just Transition, International Labour Organisation; Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency, International Energy Agency; and Nguyen Thi Hoang Nguyen, Vice Director of the Center for Information, Analysis and Strategic Forecasting, Institute of Labor Science and Social Affairs, Viet Nam. On the agricultural transition towards sustainable practices: Fabrice Murtin, Senior Economist, OECD Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity; Louis Bockel, Climate Change Economist, Ex-Ante Carbon Balance Tool for Value Chain Expert; Stelios Grafakos, Principal Economist at the Global Green Growth Institute; and Frédéric Lançon, Value Chain Analysis for Development (VCA4D) Scientific Director, Agrinatura.
The draft report was presented at a Governing Board meeting of the OECD Development Centre on 20 September 2022. Sandri Ghifari, First Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia provided relevant inputs to the draft by presenting national progress and perspectives on the energy transition.
The OECD Development Centre is grateful for the financial support provided by the Republic of Korea.