#GGKPwebinar - Green jobs and a just transition: Country perspectives

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International Labour Organization (ILO), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP)

Why must green jobs be central in national recovery strategies?

What sectors are leading in green jobs creation? What are some new green job profiles?

How can governments support workers during a green transition? What are key social protections as job profiles change or shift to new green sectors?

How can businesses lead in the green jobs transition, and how can going green make a business more competitive?

This #GGKPwebinar features a discussion on how governments and business can lead a just transition to greener economies. The panel includes country perspectives from Argentina and South Africa, providing an opportunity for an exchange on lessons learned and best practices for overcoming social, political and technical challenges. 

The discussion is moderated by Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Coordinator of the Green Jobs Programme at the International Labour Organisation (ILO). In 2015, the ILO released a set of Guidelines for a just transition to environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all, providing a policy framework and a practical tool to ensure that responses to climate change advance employment creation, social justice and fair transitions for workers, enterprises and communities. 

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Speakers

Ruth Halle, Technical Advisor, Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Mactavish Makwarela, Director of Mitigation, South Africa's Department of Climate, Change, Air Quality and Sustainable Development

Mike Mulcahy, CEO of GreenCape

Pablo Somoza, General Confederation of Labor, Argentina

Rodrigo Rodriguez Tornquist, Secretary of Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Innovation, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Argentina

Moderated by Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Coordinator of the Green Jobs Programme at the International Labour Organisation (ILO)

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The first webinar in the series, We're Here to Help: Free policy advisory services for a greener economy (May 2019), introduced a number of advisory services are available free of charge to policy makers, policy advisors, and supporting institute to support the transition to an inclusive green economy.
 
The second webinar in the series, Measuring What Matters: A new methodology for collecting and reporting data on fossil fuel subsidies (October 2019), presented a methodology for measuring fossil fuel subsidies in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and providing practical guidance to governments for collecting and reporting data on fossil fuel subsidies under SDG Indicator 12.c.1. 
 
The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) through its International Climate Initiative (IKI), and is implemented jointly by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and UN Environment. 

 

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