Over the past few years the employment creation potential of activities beneficial to the environment has been receiving increasing attention through the term of ‘green jobs”. These jobs are often understood to be those involving the implementation of measures that reduce carbon emissions or help realise alternative sources of energy use in developed economies. This paper explores the potential for governments to create “green jobs” and align poverty reduction and employment creation in developing countries with a broader set of investments in environmental conservation and rehabilitation to also preserve biodiversity, restore degraded land, combat erosion, and remove invasive aliens etc. In many cases, environmental degradation has a devastating direct effect on the poor, whether they themselves are the main cause of this degradation or not, and indications are that well designed interventions can contribute directly to the poverty-environment nexus by allowing income generated from environmental activities to ease the pressure on generating income through exploiting the environment.
This report reviews the skills available and skills required for the introduction and deployment of green technologies in the steel industry in India. It reviews the existing systems in place for developing a skilled labour force and proposes some specific recommendations on how to adapt to evolving demands. The report provides evidence and new information to contribute to a tripartite dialogue on promoting access to skills for green jobs and the greening of existing jobs in the Indian steel sector to create decent, productive work and to improve the competitiveness and environmental sustainability of the industry.
This report reviews in a systematic manner the skills available and skills required for the introduction and deployment of green technologies in the cement industry in Indonesia. It reviews the existing systems in place for developing a skilled labour force and proposes some specific recommendations on how to adapt to evolving demands. This report builds on continuing efforts made by the International Labour Organization in reviewing the need for skills for green jobs and the development of sector-based analysis for advancing global research work on promoting decent work. The report provides evidence and additional new information to support a tripartite dialogue on the best approach for promoting access to skills for green jobs and the greening of existing jobs in the Indonesian cement industry to create decent, productive work and to improve the environmental sustainability and competitiveness of the sector.
This publication proposes a conceptual framework for the characterisation of green jobs in Malaysia and the selection of technical indicators in the environmental and labour fields to be used for this process. The report brings an initial estimation of direct green jobs at the country level as well as a review of the decent work challenges that may be linked to green jobs. The report provides information and statistical data to assess the economic and employment impacts of a green development strategy and provides information on the sectors which promote environmentally-friendly decent work. It includes policy recommendations for the government and social partners to identify entry points for further green job creation.
This publication examines the linkages between the environment and the economy and the implications for the labour market of climate change. The report evaluates the linkages between economic, social and environmental policies in the Philippines. It provides qualitative and quantitative information on the number and types of green jobs in key sectors of the economy, estimating actual green jobs in existing industries, based on available published data and substantiated by consultations and actual surveys.
The mapping study was conducted to estimate and identify green jobs in the Philippines. It has identified potential challenges to developing a greener economy with green jobs and decent work. The report provides information and statistical data to assess the economic and employment impacts of a green development strategy and provides information on the sectors which promote environmentally-friendly decent work (green jobs). It includes policy recommendations for the government and social partners to identify entry points for further green job creation.