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  1. Side event – COP 27

    Social debates around the climate action of private sector: challenges for a just and inclusive transition

    This event will seek to show the essential role that the private sector and social partners must play in the implementation of responses to the challenges posed by climate change in the MENA region and more particularly in Tunisia.

  2. Side event – COP 27

    Food security and local climate action in Tunisia

    The Side Event will cover the practical aspects of implementing local climate action and managing it. The side event will involve discussions on success factors, obstacles encountered, resolution of problems and the ways of scaling up these projects

  3. Event

    Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces

    Report Launch

  4. UNFCCC

    COP 27: Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (official website)

  5. The custom mercury-free gold milling plant established by the ILO in Guruve, Zimbabwe under the Youth and Women Empowerment Project

    ILO Regional Director for Africa Visits AfDB-ILO Custom Mercury Free Gold Milling Plant in Zimbabwe.

    02 November 2022

    As part of her mission to Zimbabwe, the Assistant Director General and Regional Director of the ILO, Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, visited an AfDB funded project site in Guruve district, where the ILO has supported the establishment of a custom mercury free gold milling plant.

  6. News

    Regional Dialogue on Climate Change and Migration Nexus in the Arab Region

    02 November 2022

    The Issue Based Coalition on Migration in the Arab region (IBC/M), co-convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the League of Arab States (LAS), together with the members of the IBC/M, with support from the Regional United Nations Network on Migration in the Arab region organized a Regional Dialogue on the Climate Change and Migration Nexus in the Arab Region, aiming to take a collective deep dive on the impact of climate change on different migrant groups and Member States.

  7. Labour migration

    COP27: ILO events on labour migration and climate change

  8. The 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC

    ILO to advocate for a Just Transition at COP27

    27 October 2022

    Keeping the social dimension of climate change at the forefront of discussions will be the focus of events being organized by the International Labour Organization at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference.

  9. News

    High-level session looks at Just Energy Transitions to accelerate achieving of the SDGs

    21 October 2022

    Held during the 3rd edition of the Finance in Common Summit 2022, co-organized by the African Development Bank and the European Investment Bank, the session focused on the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy technologies to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speakers highlighted, among others, how to steer investments to maximise the impact on jobs, create quality jobs with access to social protection, manage risk and protect vulnerable populations to make the energy transition ‘Just’ for all. The Summit was held from 18-20 October.

  10. The 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCC

    ILO Just Transition Knowledge Hub: Ask your questions on line, follow practitioners debates at the COP27

    20 October 2022

    The ILO’s Just Transition Knowledge Hub at the COP27 will boost knowledge sharing as well as exchanges between just transition practitioners and interested actors.