This is an interview of Ms Lene OLSEN, Specialist on Workers’ Activities.
An ILO article from February 15, 2011.
This article was published on February 28, 2011, on ABC News (http://www.abc.net.au).
This is an article from the Daily News in Sri Lanka (http://www.dailynews.lk/). Sri Lanka has been selected as one of the five countries in the Asia Pacific region where the “Green jobs” project will be implemented during the next two years. In Sri Lanka the project activities will include research studies on linkages between the environment ,employment and the economy, training and awareness- raising programs to address the needs of social partners and a demonstration project for the creation of green jobs and decent work. This project will be jointly implemented by ILO office and the Labour and Labour Relations Ministry and trade unions.
An article in CSR Asia (http://csr-asia.com/) by Jayanthi Naidu Desan (Vol.7 09/02/2011) addresses the relation between skills and Green Jobs in Malaysia.
This article published on www.edie.net/ on February 9 claims that 'Green jobs' are outperforming the rest of the job market. The statistics on increase in wages for green jobs are from UK but also global numbers are revealed. These are the findings from The Carbon Salary Survey.
This article entitled "China Likely Bright Spot In Asia Climate Action" (published on 4th January 2011 http://planetark.org/) discusses the outcomes of the U.N. climate talks in Mexico that took place in December of last year as well as future action and likely developments in selected countries in the Asia Pacific region.
This is a news item from the ILO, 15 December 2010, about the Cancun Agreement where the ILO praised the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) on climate change for including social and decent work dimensions in the outcome document.
Global Green New Deal Policy Brief Launched in Run Up to Crucial G20 Meeting.
But Overall Size of Global Green New Deal Investments is Half that Needed, UNEP Report Advises as G20 Meet in Pittsburgh.
