The Green Jobs Initiative promotes opportunity, equity and a just transition towards green economy and solutions to defining challenges such as sustainable development and climate change. It encourages governments, employers and workers to collaborate on coherent policies and programmes to realize a sustainable and just transition with green jobs and decent work for all.
| When | 6 May 2009 - 30 November 2014 |
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| Development partner(s) | The International Labour Organization (ILO); The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); The International Organization of Employers (IOE); The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) |
The ILO is firmly convinced that a green economy and green jobs present a significant opportunity to overcome poverty and inequality by creating more and better jobs. This transformation of economies can therefore make a major contribution to inclusive growth and to decent work for all.
Project objectives
The project aims to support its constituents, namely government, enterprises, and workers, to move towards a socially fair transition to low carbon and green economy at national and local level.
Green jobs are decent jobs that:
- Reduce consumption of energy and raw materials;
- Limit greenhouse gas emissions;
- Minimize waste and pollution; and
- Protect and restore ecosystems.
