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Green jobs initiative: MOU signed between BMET and Grameen Shakti

In support of the government’s current efforts for expansion of renewable and clean energy, the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) and Grameen Shakti signed a Memorandum of Understanding for training of solar technicians on 16...

Gender equality

India’s barefoot solar engineers fight climate change and poverty

The year 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the ILO’s gender equality action plan, and the end of a year-long global ILO campaign on gender equality and the world of work. One of the themes of the campaign was the linkage between climate change and...

Natural disasters

Gonaives: Preparing for the next big storm

Come hurricane season, the citizens of Gonaives in northern Haiti brace for the worse. Five years ago, Hurricane Jeanne ripped through its shores sending walls of water and mud down the surrounding slopes and changing the face of the city forever. A...

Message at the Project Launching and Stakeholder's Forum of ILO-MDG-F Climate Change Adaptation Project

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO SRO-Manila, Butuan City, Philippines

India’s barefoot solar engineers fight climate change and poverty

At the forefront of what the International Labour Organization (ILO) – the UN agency that deals with work and workplace issues – called Green Jobs; jobs are being created as a result of economies adapting to climate and environmental change.

Stakeholders’ consultation on assessment of green jobs

On 9 April, in Dhaka, a stakeholders’ consultation on green jobs assessment studies was organized jointly by the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the ILO.

Green Jobs

Landmark new report says emerging green economy could create tens of millions of new “Green Jobs”

A new, landmark study on the impact of an emerging global “green economy” on the world of work says efforts to tackle climate change could result in the creation of millions of new “green jobs” in the coming decades.

Message by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office on the occasion of World Environment Day

Tackling climate change and protecting the environment are workplace issues, says ILO Director-General Juan Somavia in a statement for World Environment Day. The statement says green growth can become a strong driver for sustainable development if...

Keynote speech at the Petrochemical and Chemical OHSE Forum

By Ms Constance Thomas, Director, ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia

ILO Director-General Addresses G8 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting on sustainable development and green jobs

ILO Director-General Juan Somavia addressed the GB Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting in Niigata, Japan, 11-13 May, on "Global challenges for Sustainable Development Strategies for Green Jobs. Read the complete text of the address.

Chair's Conclusions from the G8 Labour and Employment Meeting

Labour and Employment Ministers from the G8 countries and the European Union Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities met in Niigata from May 11 to 13, 2008, together with the Director-General of the ILO and...

ILO conference on "Green Jobs" opens in Niigata

The impact of environmental change on jobs, sustainable economic growth and poverty will be discussed at an ILO research conference being held in Niigata, Japan on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 April 2008.

Address to the ITUC Asian Pacific Regional Conference on Environment Protection - Sustainable Development and Employment

by Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Statement of ILO Director-General Juan Somavia : Investing in Green Growth and Decent Work

10th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum - UN Environment Program (UNEP), Monaco, 20 February 2008.

Statement of ILO Director-General Juan Somavia - Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-carbon World

ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia; UNEP Executive Director, Achim Steiner; the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) General Secretary Guy Ryder and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) Vice President Ronnie Goldberg presented...

Green Jobs and global warming: ILO to discuss new initiatives for tackling climate change in the world of work

Climate change is widely seen as a threat to our health, our wealth and our planet. Yet, it also presents huge opportunities for the creation of new jobs aimed at mitigating its effects through energy and industrialization policies. The 300th...

Green jobs initiative in Burkina Faso: From waste to wages

Among the goals of the ILO’s new “Green Jobs Initiative” is linking development and job creation to the creation of a cleaner, more sustainable environment. Though the concept is relatively new, the practice is already growing in some parts of the...

Climate change and the world of work: ILO Director-General outlines ILO role in new “Green Jobs Initiative”

As global leaders gather in New York this week under the leadership of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to breathe new life into international efforts to tackle climate change and other environmental issues, the ILO is presenting a plan aimed at...

ILO Director-General calls for “Green Jobs Initiative” to support environmentally sustainable development - Also highlights impact of...

International Labour Organization Director-General Juan Somavia today urged government, worker and employer delegates at the ILO’s annual labour conference to develop policy tools for a global “Green Jobs Initiative” aimed at achieving an...