Resources on Green Jobs

  1. Project

    The social dimension of the ecological transition

    29 April 2021

  2. ILO Green Week and Earth Day 2021

    Africa regional launch of the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative and “the social dimension of the ecological transition” project

    In the context of the ILO’s Green Week and this year’s Earth Day, the ILO and its tripartite constituents will host a regional launch of the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative. The event will also launch the social dimension of the ecological transition project on advancing climate action, a just transition, and decent work in Africa.

  3. Publication

    National Green Jobs Strategy, Ghana

    22 March 2021

    The National Green Jobs Strategy has been developed with the intention to create platforms, develop capacities and institute measures that would organise and harmonise on-going green interventions through effective coordination. The strategy adopts a multi-sectoral approach to ensure effective delivery of goods and services by specialised state and non-state actors through the implementation of measures that support the growth and expansion of the green economy in Ghana. Supporting Green Enterprises for Decent Job Creations (2021-2025).

  4. Video

    Ghana GAIN training

    26 September 2019

    Green Jobs Assessment Institutions Network in Ghana

  5. Publication

    Skills for Green Jobs in Ghana

    30 May 2019

  6. Press release

    The ILO Constituents in Ghana Call for Mainstreaming of the principle of “a Just Transition towards Environmental Sustainability…” into schools’ curriculum

    24 January 2018

    The effects of climate change call for implementation of measures that would mitigate its impact on societies. In an effort to achieve the “Just Transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all”, the ILO Country office Abuja gave technical and financial support to the government of Ghana to organize a National Dialogue in Accra.

  7. Publication

    The global impact of e-waste: Addressing the challenge

    20 December 2012

    This paper explores the volumes, sources and flows of e-waste, the risks it poses to e-waste workers and the environment, occupational safety and health issues, labour issues and regulatory frameworks, and links this growing global problem with the International Labour Organization’s current and future work.

  8. Technical Guide

    Small earth dams and dugouts - Training guide and technical reference for LIPW

    17 May 2012

    Training guide and technical reference for LIPW personnel