News, articles and events on Green Jobs
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Deutsche Welle
Green jobs for Zambia
12 January 2016
Construction workers in Zambia are building eco-friendly homes as part of a ‘Green Jobs’ initiative. The project is bringing much-needed employment and skills to the mining city of Lumwana.
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International Migrants Day
How Kiribati manages the impacts of climate displacement through labour migration
18 December 2015
The ILO estimates that there are more than 150 million migrant workers in today’s world. Climate change may increase this number in the coming years, raising the need for improved migration management as exemplified by the small Pacific island nation Kiribati.
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News
ILO co-organizes green jobs workshop in Bangladesh
15 December 2015
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COP 21
ILO welcomes new climate change agreement committing nations to a just transition and the creation of decent work
15 December 2015
As the world moves to implement the Paris Agreement the ILO welcomes the recognition of the role of decent work in the transition.
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COP 21
"We should not fear the transition to a green economy" - ILO Deputy Director
11 December 2015
At a COP 21 side event, Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Deputy Director Field Operations and Partnerships, explains that while moving to a sustainable economy will have profound implications for the world of work, with the right policies in place, many tens of millions of jobs can be created.
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Event
UNFCCC COP21 ONE UN High-Level Roundtable: Human Mobility & Climate Change
This high-level roundtable brought together participants from governments, UN agencies and other organisations to discuss human mobility in all its forms in the context of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) process.
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Event
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development follow-up and implementation:role for Trade Unions
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Climate and decent work solutions
Green jobs in Albania: “We have to learn from the mistakes of the past”
09 December 2015
As world leaders meet in Paris to advance climate and decent work agendas, an ILO project has created much-needed jobs for Albanian youth – while cleaning polluted lakes and rehabilitating degraded agricultural land.
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COP 21
Empowering a Global Generation of Young People
08 December 2015
ILO Director-General calls on the world's governments, workers and employers to build on the areas of training and education for youth that will unleash the potential for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, and thus best serve the needs of communities and the planet.
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COP 21
ILO Director-General addresses COP 21 on Africa Day
08 December 2015
With education, technical skills and business development support, thousands of young African women and men can become business leaders that will drive the clean energy revolution, transform agriculture and bring about green innovation that we need for climate change solutions.