World Employment and Social Outlook 2018 : Greening with Jobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Office, International Labour.

Series:

World Employment and Social Outlook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employment (Economic theory).

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Genève 22 : International Labour Organisation (ILO), 2018.

Summary:

This ILO flagship report looks at work's intrinsic relation to the natural environment and stresses the urgency of advancing towards a green economy. It finds that greening the global economy will result in more jobs, including that taking measures to limit global warming to 2°C will result in 18 million additional jobs across the world.

Contents:

Intro

Table of contents

List of boxes

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

Executive summary

1. Environmental sustainability and decent work

Introduction

A.  Economic growth, decent work and environmental degradation

B.  The relationship between progress towards environmental sustainability and progresstowards decent work

C. The tight link between jobs and the environment

Conclusions

References

2. Employment and the role of workers and employers in a green economy

A.  Job creation and job destruction in the transition to a green economy

B. Green jobs

C. Green enterprises: Key actors in the transition

3. Regulatory frame-works: Integration, partnerships and dialogue

A.  Integration of environmental protection and labour issues at the international level

B.  Mainstreaming decent work in laws and policies at the national level

C. Greening the workplace through social dialogue

4. Protecting workers and the environment

A.  The link between poverty, social protection, income security and the environment

B.  Unemployment protection and structural transformation in the context of climate change

C.  Cash transfer programmes

D.  Public employment programmes

E.  Payments for ecosystem services

F.  Simulation

5. Skills for the green transition

A.  Skills development regulations and policies

B.  Skills development programmes and initiatives for greening the economy

C.  Mapping the institutional structure of skills policies and programmes

Appendices

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Glossary.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789221316473

9221316475

OCLC:

1321788944