Just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies

Policy areas

• Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP)

  With the International Labour Conference resolution adopted in 2023 on a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all, the ILO has a newly reinvigorated mandate, as the only tripartite specialized UN agency representing governments, employers and workers, in advancing a just transition in the multilateral system including the United Nations climate processes.

  • ILO at COP28

     

• Climate change

  Climate change and environmental degradation pose significant challenges to economic growth and employment today, and risks will be greater in the medium-to long-term.
  
  By contrast, if properly managed, climate change action can lead to more and better jobs. Both adaptation to climate change and measures to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions offer opportunities to create new jobs, while securing existing ones.
  
  A transition to a low-carbon, greener economy will imply the creation of new jobs in environmentally friendly production processes and outputs, whereas other jobs will be at risk, in particular in those sectors with fewer options for a transition towards a more sustainable ways of production.

  • Climate change and jobs

  For more information, please see a FAQ on climate change and jobs.