Initiatives

  1. The Climate Action for Jobs Initiative

    A roadmap to boost climate action, ensuring that people’s jobs and well-being are at the centre of the transition.

  2. The Green Initiative

    Scaling up the ILO’s office-wide knowledge, policy advice and tools for managing a just transition to a low-carbon, sustainable future.

Upcoming trainings and events

  1. Course

    Managing a just transition to environmentally sustainable economies and societies

    18 - 29 May 2020 Online (E-Campus)

  2. Course

    Fostering green business growth

    31 Aug - 11 Sept  2020 Online (E-Campus)

  3. Course

    Greening with jobs learning forum

    30 Nov - 4 Dec 2020 Online (E-Campus)

Green jobs

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  • Curt Carnemark / World Bank
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  • Danilo Pinzon / World Bank
  • Tran Thi Hoa / World Bank
  • Graham Crouch / World Bank
  • Wu Zhiyi / World Bank
  • Danilo Pinzon / World Bank
Green jobs are central to sustainable development and respond to the global challenges of environmental protection, economic development and social inclusion. By engaging governments, workers and employers as active agents of change, the ILO promotes the greening of enterprises, workplace practices and the labour market as a whole. These efforts create decent employment opportunities, enhance resource efficiency and build low-carbon sustainable societies. Meet the ILO Green Jobs Global Team

ILO action on climate change and environmental sustainability

  1. ILO Strategic Frameworks
  2. Research and Analysis
  3. Training and Capacity Building
  4. Policy Advice, Projects, and Impact
  5. Partnerships and Engagement

Latest

  1. News

    Building on PAGE work for a Green Recovery in Jiangsu

    17 August 2020

    In December 2019, a Green Development week took place in Suzhou to provide a platform for cross-sectoral dialogue, learning and information exchange in order to boost green development in Jiangsu. Moving forward to a post-COVID-19 context, it is apparent that the central themes explored in the green development week are also those crucial to green recovery in Jiangsu.

  2. IDB-ILO Report

    Zero emission economy will lead to 15 million new jobs by 2030 in Latin America and Caribbean

    29 July 2020

    A study by the International Labour Organization and the Inter-American Development Bank highlights the impact on jobs if countries in Latin America and the Caribbean adopt zero emission policies.

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Highlight

  1. World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with Jobs

    24 million jobs to open up in the green economy

Publications

  1. COVID-19 and the world of work: Jump-starting a green recovery with more and better jobs, healthy and resilient societies

Just Transition and Decent Work at UN Climate Action Summit 2019

Focus on

  1. SDGs

    The ILO Decent Work for SDGs Notes Series

    Green Jobs (Long version) 
    Green Jobs (Fact Sheet) 

Projects and activities

  1. ILO's support worldwide:

  • The role the ILO must take up is to promote the considerable potential for creation of decent work associated with the transition to a low-carbon sustainable development path and to minimize and manage the inevitable dislocation that will accompany it."

    Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General