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How the green economy policies will impact the African labour market

02 October 2019

A Regional training hub is being established in the South African city of Pretoria this year by the ILO, this will create the necessary skills and jobs missing in the continent's green economy.

News

A first step towards improving working conditions of waste pickers in Senegal

27 September 2019

Under the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), the ILO is supporting an initiative to improve working conditions in the waste management sector, by helping to organize informal economy workers into cooperatives.

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Ghana GAIN training

26 September 2019

Green Jobs Assessment Institutions Network in Ghana

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The Green Jobs Assessments Institutions Network (GAIN) establishes its First Training Hub in Africa

25 September 2019

The Training Hub is based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ILO and the University of Pretoria, and aims to build institutional capacity on Green Jobs Assessment Models.

ILO Research Department Seminar

A Financial Framework for Valuing Carbon Sequestration by Cetaceans and other environmental assets

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UN General Assembly

ILO and UNCCD to work together on human impacts of desertification

24 September 2019

Ahead of the UN Climate Summit, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding supporting closer cooperation on climate-related issues, including halting desertification and land degradation, and creating green jobs.

Green jobs

Esther Acebo: We only have one planet

24 September 2019

Esther Acebo calls for investing in skilling workers to access new job opportunities in the green economy. Let's work to protect our planet and its people. ⠀

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UN Climate Action Summit

Just transition commitments made by many countries at UN Climate Action Summit

23 September 2019

Prime Minister of Spain announces commitments made by close to 50 countries to create just transition plans designed to ensure ambitious climate action delivers significant social gains with decent green jobs.

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United Nations General Assembly

Importance of decent jobs, just transition to be highlighted at UN Climate Action Summit and General Assembly

20 September 2019

ILO Director-General will promote decent work and a ‘just transition’ to greener economies, when he joins world leaders for the UN Climate Summit and UN General Assembly in New York.

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United Nations General Assembly

UN Secretary-General announces new Climate Action Summit jobs initiative, urges countries to join

18 September 2019

The initiative provides a roadmap for ensuring that people’s jobs and well-being are at the centre of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.