Green jobs assessment reports
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Practitioner's Guides
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Methodologies for assessing green jobs
This policy brief sets out the different methodologies available to assess the employment potential that green policies can offer and, in so doing, aims to help to focus policy decision-making in order to make it as efficient and productive as possible.
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Assessing Green Jobs Potential in Developing Countries: A Practitioner’s Guide
The knowledge of how the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy will affect employment, especially underlying job movements, is vital to informing policy, yet there are few comparable studies for developing countries. As part of the ILO’s Global Green Jobs Programme, this guide provides practical solutions to help fill these information gaps.
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Bangladesh
Estimating green jobs in Bangladesh
2010
The report summarizes the main findings of a study on the scale and distribution of green employment in the economy of Bangladesh.
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Brazil
Empregos verdes no Brasil: quantos são, onde estão e como evoluirão nos próximos anos
2009
(In Portuguese)
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China
Study on green employment in China
2010
This study presents both the current situation and potential for green employment in China, as well as results of surveys conducted in eight companies in the power industry.
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Gaza Strip
Towards sustainable construction and green jobs in the Gaza Strip
2012
The assessment analyses the feasibility, opportunities and challenges of promoting sustainable construction in the Gaza Strip and explores ways to promote green jobs.
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Lebanon
Green Jobs Assessement in Lebanon
2011
The study comprises four assessments in the sectors of energy, building and construction, agriculture and waste management in Lebanon.
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Malaysia
Green jobs mapping study in Malaysia
The mapping study was conducted to estimate and identify green jobs in Malaysia and identified potential challenges to developing a greener economy with green jobs and decent work.
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Mauritius
Green jobs assessment: Mauritius
2008-2012
This report provides an assessment of existent and potential green jobs in major economic industries of a small island developing state: Mauritius. It aims to inform and shape the Maurice Île Durable (MID) project, which was launched in 2008 with the objective to make Mauritius a world model of sustainable development.
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Mexico
Green jobs in Mexico
2014
This report summarizes the main findings of a national green jobs assessment conducted in Mexico in 2013. The assessment revealed how many green jobs currently exist in the country and which sectors show the strongest potential for further green jobs creation.
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The Philippines
Green jobs mapping study in the Philippines
This desk research report is the initial step in mapping existing green jobs in the Philippine labour market, based on available published data from government as well as non-government sources.
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Uruguay
Empleos verdes para un desarrollo sostenible. El caso Uruguayo
Este estudio presenta una estimación del número actual de empleos verdes en Uruguay y su contribución al PIB. Basado en datos cuantitativos y cualitativos, el estudio intenta relevar evidencia de la calidad de los empleos existentes en sectores sostenibles en Uruguay. De esta manera el estudio sirve no solo para instalar una línea base para el desarrollo de acciones orientadas a favorecer la creación de empleos verdes sino también a reconocer cuales son las oportunidades y debilidades en el contexto de Uruguay.