Decent Work and inclusive sustainable growth: Challenges for global policy

This paper summarizes the current economic and employment outlook and results of the Antalya G20 Summit and the Paris Conference on Climate Change (COP21).

Conference paper | 22 February 2016
Since the discussion at the 325th Session of Governing Body of the response of the ILO to the adoption by the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015 of Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a number of important international meetings have concluded with decisions that affect the policy framework for decent work and inclusive and sustainable development.

This paper summarizes the current economic and employment outlook and results of the Antalya G20 Summit (15–16 November 2015) and the Paris Conference on Climate Change (COP21) (30 November–12 December 2015). It concludes by reporting on action by the Office to support implementation of the 2030 Agenda and looking ahead to the potential role of the ILO in global follow-up and review which will be discussed at the UN High-Level Political Forum (11–20 July 2016, New York) (see the draft decision in paragraph 33).