The ILO is conducting policy-applied research into skill needs for greener economies. The research is based on fifteen country studies worldwide with a primary focus on good practice examples of how national policies for greening economies are complemented by identification of skills needs and efficient skills response strategies. The ILO is partnering with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) who is conducting six additional country studies in Europe.
contributed by
Steve Bass and Tighe Geoghegan
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Jan 09, 2010 04:49 PM
Author: IIED
Publishing Date:
2009
Category: Research
An IIED advocacy paper, commissioned by the Commonwealth Foundation, helped to focus the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad on the imperatives of climate change in the short term, and of economic resilience in the longer term. This paper was the result of a consultation with leading Commonwealth civil society figures in environment, development and finance. It focuses on the positive contribution that partnerships featuring civil society, social enterprise and other ‘under the radar’ actors can make in tackling the linked global challenges, and on what is required to make such partnerships work. It highlights the potentials from investing in the productivity of ‘environmental assets’ such as soils, water bodies, and biodiversity which support the health and wellbeing of every Commonwealth citizen, the livelihoods of a majority of poorer people, and growth and jobs in major economic sectors.
contributed by
Hannah Reid (IIED) and Andrew Simms (policy director, nef), with Dr Victoria Johnson (nef)
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Jan 09, 2010 04:33 PM
Author: IIED
Publishing Date:
2009
Category: Research
This is the fifth report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development. There is growing consensus about the current challenges facing Asia and what is needed to tackle them. Many of these are elaborated in this report. This report looks at positive measures that are being taken – by governments, by civil society and by people themselves – to reduce the causes of climate change and to overcome its effects. Policymakers, researchers, industry executives and members of civil society in Asia and elsewhere will gain insights into the challenge of climate change in this region and the steps required to tackle it.
contributed by
Presidential Commission on Green Growth, Republic of Korea
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Jan 18, 2010 07:25 AM
Author: Presidential Commission of Green Growth, Repb. Of Korea
Publishing Date:
2009
Category: Policy
The National Strategy for Green Growth, with a mid- to long-term (2009~2050) perspective, encompasses policy guidelines as well as specific action plans for various entities. It is an integrated grand plan which was carved out through a collaborative process involving numerous governmental organizations, industry, the academia and civil society. The motivation behind developing the National Strategy for Green Growth has been the necessity of building a comprehensive long-term master plan to address the myriad of challenges exacerbated by both climate change and resource depletion.
The ILO actively participates in the UNFCCC process and the climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Taking part in the climate UNFCCC negotiations the ILO aims to support coherent policies which buffer the negative impacts of climate change on the labour market and creating opportunities for decent and green jobs and which sustain governments, employers and workers in the transition to adapt and to prevent dangerous climate change.
GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) will take part in the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to draw attention to the value of “green jobs” for reaping the development benefits and meeting the employment challenge associated with the goal of cutting CO2 emissions.
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Council of Global Unions and International Trade Union Confederation
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Jan 18, 2010 06:52 PM
Author: Global Unions
Publishing Date:
2009
Category: Information Material
The publication combines the trade union consensus positions developed under the leadership of the International Trade Union Confederation with sectoral perspectives of the Global Union Federations.
This High-Level meeting will take into account developments in the region and discuss a Regional Implementation Plan for decent work. It will serve as a platform to identify existing constraints and opportunities for promoting/accelerating implementation of ILO Decent Work Country Programmes, in particular in light of the global economic crisis and climate change.
The Green Building Council of Australia's Master Classes are designed to provide a greater level of skill to committed green building practitioners. This year there will be a variety of new courses including Green Law, Renewable Energy and Technology, and Water Sensitive Urban Design plus some of last year's favourites, Project Management and Life Cycle Assessment.
With a whole line up of events – Conference, Green Jobs Initiative, ECO Match (Business Matching Session) and The ECO Enterprising Awards 2010 for the youth, this event will be an international event looking at exhibitors and delegates participating from Asia, The Middle East, US, UK and Europe.
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Employ-RES study
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Jan 11, 2010 04:29 PM
Author: Directorate -Gen. for Energy and Transport, EC
Publishing Date:
2009
Category: Research
This study assesses the economic effects of supporting renewable energy sources (RES), looking not only at jobs in the RES sector itself, but taking into account its impact on all sectors of the economy.
contributed by
United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination
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Jan 02, 2010 07:53 AM
Author: United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination
Publishing Date:
2009
Category: Not Specified.
The ILO's work on climate change adaptation is embedded in UN system efforts. The United Nations system, including the ILO, is committed to supporting Member States in responding to the climate change adaptation challenge by delivering as one at the global, regional and country levels on the basis of its convening, normative and advocacy role, its sectoral expertise, and its operational and coordination capabilities, in partnership with all relevant stakeholders. In order to strengthen the adaptive capacity of the poorest, the UN Policy Brief emphasizes employment in recovery from climate-related disasters, as well as the role of labour institutions, workers and employers in designing and implementing adaptation policies to climate change impacts and therefore in creating resilient economies and communities.
In support of the initiative, the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with Sub-regional and Country Offices, has initiated demonstration programmes which aim to “contribute to identification and testing of pathways to clean development through the creation of green jobs which reconcile goals for poverty reduction with low greenhouse gas emissions.” In India the first step in the exercise has been the pilot application of a sectoral assessment methodology. The assessment of three high potential clusters, including Jabalpur dairy cluster resulted in identification of high priority interventions that support the green jobs and decent work agenda. A key aspect of the implementation of such interventions is the provision of feedback to the assessment methodology, thus contributing to its further strengthening and refining with a view to the scaling up and replication of the approach.
contributed by
editors: Craig Slatin, Beth Rosenberg and C. Eduardo Siqueira
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Jan 18, 2010 05:41 PM
Author: Various
Publishing Date:
2009
Category: Information Material
n collaboration with the Blue Green Alliance, this special issue presents the speeches and presentations from the second Good Jobs/Green Jobs National Conference held in Washington, D.C., 4-6 February 2009, putting forward powerful ways to rebuild the U.S. economy with good, green jobs in sustainable energy generation, conservation, new transportation systems, and other ways of greening industry. The conference brought together nearly 3,000 labour, environmental, and business advocates to forge an agenda for the new and green economy. The journal, New Solutions, was formed to meet the task of “building bridges between the environmental and labour movements.”
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