Publications on Green Jobs

  1. NATURE HIRES: How Nature-based Solutions can power a green jobs recovery

    12 October 2020

    Combining expertise on nature and employment, this joint World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - ILO publication maps out the societal challenges where nature-based solutions can be effective, how they support job creation and how they have been used, providing evidence and examples as to how they integrally support the achievement of the SDGs and a sustainable response to the COVID-19 crisis.

  2. Application of a Green Jobs SAM with Employment and CO2 Satellites for informed Green Policy Support: The case of Indonesia

    22 December 2017

    EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 216

  3. Mainstreaming green job issues into national employment policies and implementation plans: A review

    21 December 2017

    EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 227

  4. Conceptual guide for Integrated Rural Access Planning and Community Contracting in the Water and Sanitation sector: Guide No.1

    15 February 2017

  5. Promoting cooperatives: An information guide to ILO Recommendation No. 193

    06 October 2014

    The ILO’s Recommendation 193 on the Promotion of Cooperatives was adopted in 2002 and provides an internationally agreed template for national policy. This second edition has been updated and revised and will help cooperatives, governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations to help to make the cooperative model to become the option for achieving sustainable development.

  6. Microcredit in France: What impact does it have on employment?

    13 June 2014

  7. Guidelines for cooperative legislation, third revised edition

    11 December 2012

    Provides guidance on how to draft a cooperative law.

  8. Skills for Green Jobs: A Global View

    06 October 2011

    This volume examines the experiences of 21 developed and developing countries in adjusting their training provision to meet the new demands of a greener economy. It shows that skills development is critical to unlocking the employment potential of green growth, yet skills shortages are becoming an obstacle in realizing this potential. The report recommends that countries devise strategies based on well-informed policy decisions, social dialogue, and coordination among ministries and between employers and training providers.

  9. Towards an ILO approach to climate change adaptation

    27 February 2011

    Employment Working Paper No. 104

  10. Study on green employment in China

    01 March 2010

    This research is conducted by the research team of Institute for Labor Studies, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. 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.