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Market systems development for a just transition: What does it really mean for donors and practitioners?

A transition to sustainable economies is essential. Globally, this will involve economic restructuring, and downsizing carbon-intensive sectors and technologies while scaling up sectors and technologies that are environmentally sustainable and more resilient to climate change. This means social and economic opportunities on one hand and risk for enterprises and workers on the other.This brief explores the potential contributions that market systems development (MSD) programming can make towards a just transition in developing countries. It discusses some concrete steps that funders and practitioners can take to be intentional in applying the MSD approach to promote a just transition, and the role that MSD programming can play in supporting countries achieve a shift towards environmentally sustainable economies that maximize opportunities for inclusive growth and decent work, while minimizing challenges.This brief is a joint product by the ILO Systems Change Initiative and ILO Priority Action Programme on Just Transitions Towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies (AP/JT).

Overview of the key findings of the report

Report at a glance: Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate

Global Report

Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate

Climate change is already having serious impacts on the safety and health of workers in all regions of the world. Workers are among those most exposed to climate change hazards yet frequently have no choice but to continue working, even if conditions are dangerous. Global occupational safety and health (OSH) protections have struggled to keep up with the evolving risks from climate change, resulting in worker mortality and morbidity.This report presents critical evidence related to the impacts of climate change on OSH, to bring attention to the global health threat workers are currently facing. The report addresses the following key issues:Excessive heatUltraviolet (UV) radiationExtreme weather eventsWorkplace air pollutionVector-borne diseasesAgrochemicals 

Skills development

Skills Matter!

Ghana

Green Jobs Assessment Model Ghana

EMPLOYMENT Department Newsletter, March/April 2024

Arab States Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2024: Promoting social justice through a just transition

Executive Summary: Arab States Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2024

Gender-responsive Just Transition country analysis

Assessment of the enabling environment for the uptake of renewable energy in Botswana to mitigate the effects of climate change

Social protection

ILO Strategy on extending social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families

EMPLOYMENT Department Newsletter, January/February 2024

Just energy transition in Indonesia: The role of social protection in facilitating the process

ILO Caribbean NewsLink December 2023

Policy Brief: Green Jobs Assessment Model (GJAM)

Burkina Faso

Green Jobs Assessment Model: Sustainable Tourism in Burkina Faso

International Journal of Labour Research

A new social contract: achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change

Reflections on the new social contractWhy a new social contract is urgent?The world of work and the new social contractSocial protection as a key component of the new social contract: a leading role for trade unionsTowards a European socio-ecological contractA new social contract: achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change in the agricultural sectorA new social contract for the social media platforms: prioritizing rights and working conditions for content creators and moderators

Circular economy in the food and beverage industry for a green recovery - PAGE Indonesia: In-depth assessment of green jobs and skill needs

Realist review on just transition

Book

Human-Centred Economics: The Living Standards of Nations