Susan works on a building construction site in Rwanda. She’s a single mother with a three-year-old child and gets no support from the father.
Turin, Italy
The course is aimed to strengthen the competences of trade unionists who are involved in promoting sustainable development and decent work. Links will be established between climate change, employment and the principle of just transition to a green economy.
Decent Work, Green Jobs and the Sustainable Economy demonstrates that green jobs can be a key economic driver, as the world steps into the largely uncharted territory of building a sustainable and low-carbon global economy.
This report addresses two of the defining challenges of the twenty-first century: achieving environmental sustainability and turning the vision of decent work for all into a reality.
This joint study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights that the transformation to a greener economy could generate 15 to 60 million additional jobs globally over the next two decades and lift tens of millions of workers out o
This report is the first comprehensive study on the emergence of a “green economy” and its impact on the world of work.