The report, a result of the collaboration between Sustainlabour and the Green Jobs Programme of the ILO, compiles and analyses data on the creation of green jobs in Spain. It includes both current employment data and studies of employment trends.
This paper evaluates the emerging green economy in South Africa, using ideas from the concept of sustainable rural livelihoods, which are intimately connected to ecological services many developing countries. It finds that African communities and governments are prioritising green economy for job creation, poverty alleviation and reducing inequalities, while addressing global environmental concerns. What remains problematic, however, is how these objectives are to be achieved. The paper argues that one of the key challenges in South Africa is the gap between policy and implementation of sustainable development, the Millennium Development Goals and other globally driven initiatives. The paper emphasises that green economy policy needs to consider poverty reduction and women’s empowerment in order to promote rural sustainable development.
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The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to UN Country teams on how to integrate Green Jobs at country level, including joint programmes and the Development Assistance Framework(UNDAF) process.
This paper provides a review of literature on energy-efficient sustainable refurbishment in developing countries. To this end, it provides an overview of climate change and its impact on the built and natural environment within the context of sustainable development. In particular, it will show the impact of human activity, focusing on the role of buildings, on Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions, and consequent greenhouse effects. The paper will consider the main elements of sustainable development and refurbishment in the context of developing countries, with special attention to conditions for attaining social sustainability and the role of employment therein. It will also examine the role of construction in development, with a particular focus on its contribution to pro-poor employment generation and social development objectives while meeting CO2 mitigation targets. The paper concentrates on case studies within Brazil, South Africa and the Netherlands to examine the social, economic and environmental effects of adopting sustainable refurbishment.
The Green Jobs Programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO) works towards environmentally sustainable economic and social development. Green jobs allow the generation of alternative employment with reduced environmental impact. The report presents the programme's activities of the past biennium and shows how these activities lead towards the programme's objective.