Model State Law to Promote Local Employment in Decarbonization Policies

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Author(s):
Publish Date:
March 31, 2019
Publication Title:
Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization (LPDD)
Publisher:
Environmental Law Institute
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC
Editor(s):
  • Michael B. Gerrard,
  • John C. Dernbach
Format:
Other
Citation(s):
  • Paul Barker, Model State Law to Promote Local Employment in Decarbonization Policies, in Michael B. Gerrard & John C. Dernbach, Eds., Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization (LPDD), Washington, DC: Environmental Law Institute, 2019 (this model provision was prepared as part of the LPDD implementation project).
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Abstract

This Model Provision provides a regulatory framework to use decarbonization policy to promote local employment without resorting to protectionist measures that run afoul of international trade rules. A key goal of the Model Provision is to help secure public support and private investment in a “just transition” to a zero-carbon economy through evidence-based policies that facilitate a virtuous circle of cost reduction, economic growth, and the creation of local, decent jobs.