The ITC-ILO, jointly with the Employment Policy Department and the Department of Statistics, is launching two new courses – integrated within the learning series on the transition to formal economy – in response to the increasing need for countries to strengthen their capacities to produce and collect data on informality...
The importance of decent work in achieving sustainable development is clearly highlighted by SDG 8 which aims to “promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all”.
In this regard, the ILO adopted in November 2015 a set of Guidelines for a just...
The World Bank Group is back again, with a new MOOC on climate change, ‘From Climate Science to Action’ after the Turn Down the Heat Series, starting on May 9, 2016. With an overview of COP21 outcomes from Paris, this action-oriented MOOC gives you the opportunity to learn about regional...
Low emission development strategies (LEDS) are country-led and country-specific strategic plans to promote economic growth while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (in absolute and/or relative terms) over the long term.
This curriculum includes training on LEDS and the LEDS process. Specifically, it provides training on:
- organizing the LEDS process...
With our growing appetite for electrical and electronic products, combined with rapid innovation and ever-shorter product lifespans, e-waste has now become one of the fastest growing waste streams.
This MOOC will help you to understand why and how we must manage e-waste in an environmentally sound manner and how you...
Aimed mainly at current university students and recent graduates, the Summer School combines environmental economics and policy, enterprise management, and financial markets and investment to study critical global environmental challenges in the 21st century.
Programme
This online course, developed by UN CC:Learn and UNDP, with support from the Government of Sweden, aims to support policy makers in understanding how to optimize countries’ public expenditures by taking into account the projected climate change impacts.
The e-tutorial is divided into five sections:
- What is climate change?
- What...
Green economy is gaining momentum and attracting the attention of policy-makers, civil society stakeholders, and business agents from around the world. The number of countries developing and implementing green economy strategies and policies is growing. But do you know what green economy means in practice? Or what the policy approaches...