News, articles and events on Green Jobs (Green jobs)

ILO Caribbean Resilience Project

ILO and SALISES-UWI virtual research presentation and panel discussion on labour markets and resilience in the Caribbean

The research is part of on-going collaboration with SALISES-UWI, and IDB, and is financed within the framework of the ILO’s Caribbean Resilience Project.

Greening the transport sector

Greening the transport sector in the post COVID-19 recovery could create up to 15 million jobs worldwide

19 May 2020

Investment in transforming the transport sector could create millions of new jobs and help countries move to greener, healthier economies, says report from the International Labour Organization and the UN Economic Commission for Europe.

Event

ILO COOP 100 Webinar III - Cooperatives for Climate Action on the occasion of the 2020 International Day of Cooperatives

On the eve of the International Day of Cooperatives (IDC), the ILO will hold the third in a series of webinars as part of the Centenary of its Cooperatives Unit, focusing on this year's theme of the IDC - Cooperatives for Climate Action.

Article

Moving towards 100% renewable power in Hawaii (with a little help from sheep)

12 May 2020

The US island state of Hawaii has committed to generating 100 per cent of its power using renewable energy by 2045, demonstrating to other US states and island communities across the world, that sustainable energy can be a reality. UN News and the ILO traveled to Hawaii to talk to a power company executive and a sheep farmer to find out how they are contributing to that goal.

News

ILO presents its responses to COVID-19 at Geneva Environment Dialogues

08 May 2020

The ILO participated in the Geneva Environment Dialogues, organized by Geneva Environment Network, to present ILO's research results on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world of work, as well as its guiding framework to respond to the crisis.

Geneva Environment Dialogues

Impacts of COVID-19 on the Global Environmental Agenda: ILO, COVID-19 and the World of Work – For a Sustainable Recovery

Event

Multilateralism in the time of COVID-19

ILO project Dignity at Work

Reaching ‘beyond the possible’ in Hawaii to meet sustainability goals

23 March 2020

The people and government of the US state of Hawaii will reach “beyond the possible” to make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality; The SDGs are a set of targets agreed by countries around the world to reduce poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all, by 2030. Hawaii introduced its own initiative, Sustainable Hawaii, in 2016 in support of the SDGs.

World Day of Social Justice

Jewel: Put people and the planet first

20 February 2020

Award winning singer Jewel raises her voice for Social Justice Day.