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Youth join green jobs push in China

15 February 2011

Yang Shumbo, a Chinese electronic sciences student invented a device to save electricity. He developed this into a business under a pilot project of the Greener Business Option (GBO), an ILO Green Jobs Programme initiative. GBO aims to encourage entrepreneurship in green businesses among young people. Report from Chengdu, China, by Satoshi Sasaki, Specialist on Enterprise Development and Job Creation, ILO Beijing and Vincent Jugault, Senior Specialist in Environment and Decent Work, ILO Bangkok.

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Cancun Agreement: ILO highlights call for a “Just Transition” with green jobs and decent work

15 December 2010

The ILO praised the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) on climate change for including social and decent work dimensions in the outcome document, signaling broad recognition for a “just transition” to a low-carbon economy with decent work and greener jobs.

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RIO+20: The Transition to a Green Economy: Implications for poverty alleviation and sustainable development

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UN-System side event on Adaptation

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The United Nations system is delivering as ONE on implementation to address climate change

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Inclusion of social dimensions in climate change policies and programmes: social criteria for impact assessments of mitigation and adaptation actions

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Improving resilience to protect human health and welfare from the adverse affects of climate change

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The ILO Green Jobs Programme: Work of ILO on environment, climate change, green economy and sustainable development

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Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The ILO participates actively in the climate change negotiations at the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) under the United Nation Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC), taking place in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010.

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Technical validation workshop on Skills for Green Jobs - 17 May 2010

The purpose of the technical validation workshop was to validate the findings of the global policy-applied research project on Skills for Green Jobs. The Global synthesis report and the European synthesis report were discussed. The workshop aimed to: a) identify environmental challenges and skills response strategies; b) discuss green restructuring processes on the labour market and related retraining needs; c) highlight current and future occupational changes and their implication on vocational training; d) propose specific policy recommendations and suggestions for further steps.