The social impacts of climate policies: Planning for a just transition

The training programme focused on strategies to put social justice and the creation of decent work at the centre of climate action. The content evolved around the interlinkages of climate policies with macroeconomic and growth policies, labour market policies, industrial and economic diversification policies, enterprise and skills development policies, rights and social protection.

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this course was to provide participants with a better understanding on how to plan for a transition towards a green economy that is just in terms of process and outcome. Participants acquired tools and technical knowledge to work towards a just transition both at the national and sub-national level, with due attention to sectoral strategies.

CONTENT

The following topics were at the centre of discussion during the capacity-building

programme:

• Why climate policies matter for social justice

• The employment impacts of climate policies

• The just transition: 9 policy areas

• The role of social dialogue and stakeholder engagement in shaping a just transition

• Fostering an inclusive just transition: why and how?

• The role of the private sector in shaping a just transition

• Financing a just transition

ACHIEVEMENT

At the end of the course, participants were be able to:

• Analyse framework conditions to develop and implement policies and strategies for a just transition, with decent work opportunities in a greener and fairer economy, based on the ILO Just Transition Guidelines

• Identify and distinguish the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders, including ILO tripartite constituents, to shape a conducive environment for the creation of decent jobs in the transition to a low-carbon economy

• Identify the value of multi-stakeholder consultation processes, and how to stir them at sectoral, institutional, policy, national levels

• Review and take stock of examples of just transition pathways and how countries are moving towards a net-zero future

• Debate how to deliver upon the 2030 Agenda by planning for transitions that are people-centred, socially-inclusive and long-term

NUMBER OF HOURS: 30