Greener growth, a just transition and green job creation figure prominently in the global agenda today. However, we do not yet have a full understanding of the likely employment impacts of different policy options.
Greener Growth, Just Transition, and Green Jobs: There's a lot we don't know presents the result of a review of the recent green growth literature with a view to summarize existing evidence on employment impacts from green growth and just transition policies, suggesting where evidence is scarce and thus pointing to future areas for investigation.
World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with jobs presents an assessment the employment impacts of the transition to a green economy. The reported estimates suggest that the net effect on job numbers will be positive, with a net increase of approximately 18 million jobs across the world as a result of the adoption of sustainable practices.
This paper, The Gendered Effects of Air Pollution on Labour Supply ,draws on 20 years of systematic data collection on employment and air pollution to explore the link between air pollution and labour supply.
The OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme recently undertook an international project on ‘Boosting skills ecosystems for greener jobs’ in four countries. This report looks at the work undertaken in the Western Cape (South Africa) in the aquaculture sector.
This Country Planning Framework (CPF) sets the strategic direction for the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the period 2018-2022.
Communities across Canada need a national strategy to ensure the move to a zero-carbon economy leaves no one behind. This report uses census data to identify the regions in each province with the greatest reliance on fossil fuel jobs.