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Just Transition Assessment Model for Côte d’Ivoire
This report examines how Côte d’Ivoire’s green policy choices, especially in renewable energy and sustainable agriculture, could affect employment, economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions. It provides evidence to help shape a just transition...
The Job impacts of Climate policies in Senegal : How to make the Transition of the labour market just
The report analyzes how the green transition can become a driver of growth and employment in Senegal. It studies two scenarios: green agriculture, based on sustainable practices and better resource management, and renewable energy, which reduces...
Fact sheet
Nigeria: Leveraging social protection for inclusive climate action and a just transition
This note has been developed to inform the government, social partners and other stakeholders on how social protection systems can play a pivotal role in supporting a just transition in Nigeria.
Fact sheet
Senegal: Integrating and Extending Social Protection to Support a Just Transition
This fact sheet explores ways to integrate and strengthen social protection to support a just transition in Senegal. Given the country's vulnerability to the effects of climate change, particularly in the agriculture, tourism, and fisheries sectors,...
Fact sheet
Côte d’Ivoire: Integrating and Extending Social Protection to Support a Just Transition
This fact sheet summarizes the main findings and recommendations of a feasibility study on the integration of social protection in support of the ecological transition in Côte d'Ivoire, conducted in 2024 by the ILO, as well as implications for...
UN Agencies and the Governments’ NCCC Sign MoU to develop a Just Transition Roadmap for Nigeria
The National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), in collaboration with the ILO, UNDP, and UNIDO, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to spearhead the development of a strategic Just Transition Roadmap (JTR) for Nigeria.
ITCILO Builds the Capacity of Social Partners and Stakeholders on Just Transition, under the ILO Social Dimension of Ecological Transition...
The training programme was oriented along the recommendations provided in the ILO Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all. Participants gained a better understanding on how to reflect...
The Government of Nigeria, social partners and development partners launch new programme on just transition, placing jobs and social...
The government of Nigeria, representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations and development partners have launched a new initiative to place jobs and social justice at the centre of the ecological transition.
Desertification-related employment opportunities
The Just Ecological Transition: An ILO solution for creating 100 million jobs by 2030
The International Labour Organization (ILO) participated in the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which was held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 9 to 20 May...
Nigeria Green Jobs Assessment Report
One of the main questions in climate policymaking is to understand the economic and social costs and benefits. The potentional to create employment that these policies offer is of particular concern to developing and emerging economies with a young...
ILO Green Week and Earth Day 2021
Africa regional launch of the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative and “the social dimension of the ecological transition” project
In the context of the ILO’s Green Week and this year’s Earth Day, the ILO and its tripartite constituents will host a regional launch of the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative. The event will also launch the social dimension of the ecological...
The social dimension of the ecological transition – Phase I