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December 2010

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   Cancun Agreement: ILO highlights call for a “Just Transition” with green jobs and decent work

   15 December 2010

   The ILO praised the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) on climate change for including social and decent work dimensions in the outcome document, signaling broad recognition for a “just transition” to a low-carbon economy with decent work and greener jobs.

April 2008

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   ILO Conference on Green Jobs held in Japan

   20 April 2008

   The impact of environmental change on jobs, sustainable economic growth and poverty is discussed at an International Labour Organization research conference in Niigata, Japan on 21-22 April.

February 2008

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   ILO Director-General addresses UNEP Meeting on globalization and climate change

   20 February 2008

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia highlighted the potential for the creation of environmentally friendly green jobs in a panel discussion and press conference at the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum organized by the United Nations Environment Programme.

October 2007

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   ILO documentary to be screened at environmental movie festival in Italy

   11 October 2007

   Turning waste into wages is the goal of an ambitious project in Burkina Faso and the subject of an International Labour Office documentary to be screened by the Italian Film Festival "CinemAmbiente" in Turin, Italy.